Martin Hurson

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 Irish Republican to die from starvation during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.

Martin Hurson
Máirtín Ó hUrsáin
Born(1956-09-13)13 September 1956
Died13 July 1981(1981-07-13) (aged 24)
Cause of deathHunger strike
OrganizationProvisional IRA
Known forHunger strike of 46 days, from 28 May 1981
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