Martin Hurson | |
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Máirtín Ó hUrsáin | |
Born | |
Died | 13 July 1981 | (aged 24)
Cause of death | Hunger strike |
Organization | Provisional IRA |
Known for | Hunger strike of 46 days, from 28 May 1981 |
Edward Martin Hurson (13 September 1956 – 13 July 1981) was an Irish Republican hunger striker and a Volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the sixth Irish Republican to die from starvation during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.