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Thomas McElwee

August 8, 1981

Provisional IRA member

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Thomas McElwee 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.

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  • Anniversary · August 8

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