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Brendan Hughes (June 1948 – 16 February 2008), also known as "The Dark", and "Darkie" was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the leader of the 1980 Irish hunger strike.
Feb 15, 2024 · Brendan Hughes was a former IRA commander who became a dissident and a vocal opponent of the Good Friday Agreement. This article reviews his life, writings and legacy, and examines his views on Irish unity, British rule and the Troubles.
Brendan Hughes was an IRA commander who planned and executed daring escapes and raids in the 1970s. His book reveals the inside story of his rise and fall in the Irish Republican movement.
Feb 20, 2008 · Brendan Hughes, one of the founders of the Provisional IRA, died in 2008 after a long illness. He led the IRA in Belfast in the 1970s and the first hunger strike in 1980, and was a friend and comrade of Gerry Adams.
A biography of Brendan Hughes, a prominent IRA activist in Belfast from 1969 to 1974, who organised and oversaw many attacks on British forces and intelligence. He was arrested, imprisoned, escaped, and later became a Sinn Féin member.
Sep 21, 2021 · Brendan Hughes, a 74-year-old former commander and founding member of the Provisional IRA in Co Tyrone, said he didn’t regret taking part in the decades-long conflict to “defend...
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Feb 18, 2008 · Brendan Hughes was an IRA fighter who for much of his life pitted himself against the British presence in Northern Ireland but latterly became a bitter critic of the republican movement's...
