McGeown, Patrick

McGeown, Patrick
▪ 1997

      Irish political figure who in 1981 barely survived a 42-day hunger strike while he was serving a prison term for his part in an Irish Republican Army bombing in Belfast, N.Ire.; he later became a leader of Sinn Fein, the IRA's political wing (b. Sept. 3, 1956—found dead Oct. 1, 1996).

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