Martin Hurson

Martin Hurson
Martin Hurson
Native name	Máirtín Ó hUrsáin
Birth name	Edward Martin Hurson
Born	13 September 1956; Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Died	13 July 1981 (aged 24); HM Prison Maze, County Down, Northern Ireland
Cause of death	Died after 46 days on hunger strike
Buried	Galbally, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Paramilitary	Provisional IRA
Rank	Volunteer
Unit	East Tyrone Brigade
Battles/wars	The Troubles

Edward Martin Hurson (13 September 1956 – 13 July 1981) was an Irish Republican hunger striker and a Volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the sixth to die during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.^[1]

^ "SIXTH I.R.A. HUNGER STRIKER DIES". The New York Times. 13 July 1981. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 July 2024.