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Brendan Hughes (1948-2008)
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Michael Rhodes
Feb 21, 2008, 10:38:51 AM2/21/08
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Brendan Hughes was an IRA fighter who for much of his life pitted
himself against the British presence in Northern Ireland but latterly
became a bitter critic of the republican movement's political
direction. Once a close colleague of the Sinn Fein president Gerry
Adams, he played a pivotal role first in the fierce Belfast IRA gun-
battles of the 1970s and then later in the lethal confrontations
behind bars in Long Kesh.
himself against the British presence in Northern Ireland but latterly
became a bitter critic of the republican movement's political
direction. Once a close colleague of the Sinn Fein president Gerry
Adams, he played a pivotal role first in the fierce Belfast IRA gun-
battles of the 1970s and then later in the lethal confrontations
behind bars in Long Kesh.
Brendan Hughes, political activist: born Belfast 1948; married (one
son, one daughter); died Belfast 16 February 2008.
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