Kieran Nugent (1958[citation needed] – 4 May 2000) was an Irish volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and best known for being the first IRA 'blanket man' in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. When sentenced to three years for hijacking a bus, Nugent refused to wear a prison uniform and said the prison guards would have to "...nail it to my back".[1][2]
- ^ Fra McCann. "Tribute to Kieran Nugent". Coiste Ireland. Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2003.
- ^ Laura Friel (11 May 2000). "The first H Block blanket man". An Phoblacht. Retrieved 21 May 2007.