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Brendan Hughes (June 1948 [1] – 16 February 2008 [2] ), also known as "The Dark", [3] and "Darkie" [4] was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). [5] He was the leader of the 1980 Irish hunger strike .
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 my community ...
- Christopher Leebody
Feb 18, 2008 · Brendan 'Darkie' Hughes. Mon 18 Feb 2008 at 01:30. 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 ...
- Belfasttelegraph.Co.Uk
Feb 15, 2024 · Brendan Hughes was a former IRA commander who became a dissident and a vocal opponent of the 1998 peace deal. He died in poverty and isolation, but his writings reveal his views on Irish unity, British colonialism and the Republican movement.
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.
Oct 17, 2019 · Brendan Hughes said he had organised Bloody Friday, the day in 1972 on which the IRA detonated more than 19 car bombs in Belfast in the space of an hour. Nine people were killed and 130 were injured.
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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.
