Francis Hughes

E213496
Irish republican Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer hunger striker person

Francis Hughes was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer from Northern Ireland who became widely known for dying on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Francis Hughes canonical 4
Joseph Hughes 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican ⓘ
Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer ⓘ
hunger striker ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ
arrestDate 1978 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent blanket protest ⓘ
dirty protest ⓘ
birthDate 1956-02-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland ⓘ
burialPlace Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland ⓘ
causeOfDeath hunger strike ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict The Troubles ⓘ
convictedOf attempted murder ⓘ
firearms offences ⓘ
country Northern Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1981-05-12 ⓘ
deathPlace HM Prison Maze ⓘ
surface form: Maze Prison, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
era 20th century ⓘ
ethnicity Irish ⓘ
followedInDeathOnHungerStrikeBy Patsy O’Hara ⓘ
Raymond McCreesh ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
hungerStrikeEndDate 1981-05-12 ⓘ
hungerStrikeStartDate 1981-03-15 ⓘ
imprisonedIn Maze Prison ⓘ
knownFor being the second hunger striker to die in the 1981 Maze Prison protest ⓘ
participation in the 1981 Irish hunger strike ⓘ
memberOf Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ
name Francis Hughes self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notablePrison HM Prison Maze ⓘ
occupation paramilitary volunteer ⓘ
parent Francis Hughes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Hughes

Margaret Hughes ⓘ
partOf Hunger strikes of 1981 ⓘ
surface form: 1981 Irish hunger strike
placeOfDetention Maze Prison ⓘ
politicalGoal end of British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ
precededInDeathOnHungerStrikeBy Bobby Sands ⓘ
regionOfActivity County Londonderry ⓘ
County Tyrone ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling Oliver Hughes ⓘ
Thomas Hughes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hunger strikes of 1981 → notableDeath → Francis Hughes ⓘ
Francis Hughes → name → Francis Hughes self-link ⓘ
Francis Hughes → parent → Francis Hughes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Hughes
Thomas McElwee → sibling → Francis Hughes ⓘ
Thomas McElwee → hasRelative → Francis Hughes ⓘ