Kevin Lynch (25 May 1956 – 1 August 1981) was an Irish republican hunger striker and member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) from Park near Dungiven, County Derry, North of Ireland. Lynch was the youngest in a family of eight children born to Paddy and Bridie Lynch in Park, The Dungiven hurling team was renamed Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club in his honour after his death..

Lynch's older brother, Frank, was an amateur boxer and he also participated in the sport as well as Gaelic football and hurling. Lynch was a member of the winning Dungiven team which won the Feile na nGael Division 3 in Thurles , County Tipperary in 1971 and in 1972 he captained the Derry Hurling team to an Under-16 All-Ireland title at Croke Park, Dublin by defeating County Armagh.

Kevin died after 71 days of hunger strike, he was the 8th of 10 men to die...

The hunger strike took place in 1981 and was a showdown between the prisoners and the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. One hunger striker, Bobby Sands, was elected as a member of parliament during the strike, prompting media interest from around the world. The strike was called off after ten prisoners had starved themselves to death—including Sands, whose funeral was attended by 100,000 people. The strike radicalised Irish nationalist politics, and was the driving force that enabled Sinn Féin to become a mainstream political party.

"They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken".
Bobby Sands

Such a day it was..

Thanks for sharing. Tiocfaidh ar la ^^

Maith thú, no worries..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nevXH002ZRw