Peggy O’Hara, mother of INLA Hunger Striker Patsy O’Hara, has died aged 84
SINN Fein chief Martin McGuinness has said that Peggy O’Hara, mother of INLA hunger striker Patsy O’Hara has died.
She was 84.
He tweeted this morning: “Very sad to hear that Peggy O’Hara mother of Irish Republican Hunger Striker Patsy O’Hara has died.
“Peggy was a good woman who suffered much.”
Peggy O’Hara opposed the Sinn Fein strategy of engaging with the PSNI and joining the Policing Board.
She stood for the Assembly elections but failed to get elected despite strong support for her in the city.
Patsy O’Hara was one of two INLA members from Derry were among those who died on hunger strike.
O’Hara died on 21 May, 1981, aged 23, 61 days after joining the protest. He was the leader of the INLA in the H-Blocks
Michael Devine died on 20 August the same year.
The last of the hunger strikers to die, he had joined the protest 60 days earlier.
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