Kevin Lynch (hunger striker)
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| Paramilitary organisation | INLA |
| Date of birth | 25 May, 1956 |
| Place of birth | Dungiven, Co. Derry |
| Hungerstrike started | 23 May, 1981 |
| Died | 1 August, 1981 |
| Days on strike | 71 |
- For other people with this name see Kevin Lynch.
Kevin Lynch (Irish name: Caoimhghín Ui Loinsigh; May 25, 1956 - 1 August 1981) was an Irish Republican hunger striker and member of the Irish National Liberation Army. He was born near Dungiven, Co. Derry.
He was tried, convicted and sentenced to ten years for stealing shotguns, taking part in a punishment shooting and conspiring to take arms from the security forces and sent to the Maze Prison for ten years in December 1977. He got involved in the blanket protest and joined the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike on May 23, 1981 and died 71 days later.
[edit] External links
- Biography from IRIS, Vol. 1, No. 2, November 1981 (Sinn Féin publication)
- Biography from the Irish Republican Socialist Movement
