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Michael James "Mickey" Devine (Mícheál Ó Daimhín; 26 May 1954 – 20 August 1981) was a volunteer in the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).[1]

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  1. 25 relations: Blanket protest, Bloody Sunday (1972), County Donegal, County Down, Creggan, Derry, Derry, HM Prison Maze, Irish National Liberation Army, Irish Republican Socialist Party, James Connolly, Labour Party (Ireland), Lifford, Northern Ireland, Officer commanding, Official Irish Republican Army, Patsy O'Hara, Republic of Ireland, Requiem, Royal Anglian Regiment, Springtown Camp, Stoning, The Troubles, Volunteer (Irish republican), Workers' Party (Ireland), 1981 Irish hunger strike.

  2. Irish National Liberation Army members
  3. Official Irish Republican Army members
  4. People of The Troubles (Northern Ireland) from Derry (city)
  5. People who died on the 1981 Irish hunger strike

Blanket protest

The blanket protest was part of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners held in the Maze prison (also known as "Long Kesh") in Northern Ireland.

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Bloody Sunday (1972)

Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region.

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County Down

County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland.

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Creggan, Derry

Creggan (An Creagán; meaning stony place) is a large housing estate in Derry, Northern Ireland, on a hill not far from the River Foyle.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland.

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HM Prison Maze

HM Prison Maze (previously Long Kesh Detention Centre, and known colloquially as the Maze or H-Blocks) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from August 1971 to September 2000.

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Irish National Liberation Army

The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA, Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 8 December 1974, during the 30-year period of conflict known as "the Troubles".

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The Irish Republican Socialist Party or IRSP (Páirtí Poblachtach Sóisialach na hÉireann) is a minor communist, Marxist–Leninist and Irish republican party in Ireland.

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James Connolly

James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was a Scottish born Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. Michael Devine (hunger striker) and James Connolly are Irish republicans.

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Labour Party (Ireland)

The Labour Party (Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, literally "Party of the Working People") is a centre-left and social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland.

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Lifford

Lifford (historically anglicised as Liffer) is the county town of County Donegal, Ireland, the administrative centre of the county and the seat of Donegal County Council, although the town of Letterkenny is often mistaken as holding this role.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Officer commanding

The officer commanding (OC), also known as the officer in command or officer in charge (OiC), is the commander of a sub-unit or minor unit (smaller than battalion size), principally used in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.

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Official Irish Republican Army

The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a "workers' republic" encompassing all of Ireland.

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Patsy O'Hara

Patsy O'Hara (Irish: Peatsaí Ó hEadhra; 11 July 1957 – 21 May 1981) was an Irish republican hunger striker and member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). Michael Devine (hunger striker) and Patsy O'Hara are Irish National Liberation Army members, Irish republicans, People of The Troubles (Northern Ireland) from Derry (city) and People who died on the 1981 Irish hunger strike.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Requiem

A Requiem (Latin: rest) or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead (Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead (Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal.

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Royal Anglian Regiment

The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Springtown Camp

Springtown Camp was a former United States military camp near Derry, Northern Ireland, that housed up to 400 Catholic families in the 1940s to 1960s in substandard housing rented by the local authority.

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Stoning

Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.

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Volunteer (Irish republican)

A volunteer is a member of various Irish republican paramilitary organisations.

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Workers' Party (Ireland)

The Workers' Party (Páirtí na nOibrithe) is an Irish republican, Marxist–Leninist communist party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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1981 Irish hunger strike

The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland.

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See also

Irish National Liberation Army members

Official Irish Republican Army members

People of The Troubles (Northern Ireland) from Derry (city)

People who died on the 1981 Irish hunger strike

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Devine_(hunger_striker)

Also known as Red Mickey.