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Thomas McElwee (30 November 1957 – 8 August 1981) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who participated in the 1981 hunger strike. From Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, he died at the age of 23 after 62 days on hunger strike. [2]
The inspiring and emotional story of a brave and courageous young Irish republican from the townland of Tamlaghduff in South Derry who died after 62 days on hunger strike...
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Aug 14, 2021 · Thomas McElwee was jailed and in 1981, after 62 days, he died in the Maze prison on hunger strike. He was just 23 years old.
Thomas McElwee was a twenty-three-year-old IRA Volunteer from Bellaghy, South Derry, who died on hunger strike in 1981. He was a cousin of Francis Hughes and a close friend of Joe McDonnell, both of whom also joined the hunger strike.
Aug 7, 2020 · Thomas McElwee was the 10th republican prisoner to die on hunger strike in 1981. He was a cousin of Francis Hughes and a member of the IRA. Read his funeral report, oration and the context of the protest.
Aug 10, 2021 · Twenty-three-year-old Thomas McElwee from Tamlaghyduff, 13 miles west of Ballymena, died in the hunger strikes on August 8 in 1981. On October 9, 1976 one of his fire bombs killed Yvonne Dunlop...
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The following day Kevin Lynch died, followed by Kieran Doherty on 2 August, Thomas McElwee on 8 August and Michael Devine on 20 August. On the day Devine died, Sands' election agent Owen Carron won the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election with an increased number of votes.
