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Date Posted: Saturday, August 19, 8:13:21
Author: Republican Sinn Féin - Cork
Subject: Remember Micky Devine

In memory of Michael Devine 1954 - 1981 August 20th, 2006 - 25th Anniversary.

Micky Devine
'A typical Derry lad'

TWENTY-seven-year-old Micky Devine, from the Creggan in Derry city, was the third INLA Volunteer to join the H-Block hunger-strike to the death.
Micky took over as a O/C of the INLA blanket men in March 1981, when the then O/C, Patsy O'Hara, joined the hunger-strike. He retained this leadership post when he joined the hunger-strike himself.

On Sunday, June 21st, 1981, he completed his fourth year on the blanket, and the following day he joined Joe McDonnell, Kieran Doherty, Kevin Lynch, Martin Hurson, Thomas McElwee and Paddy Quinn on hunger-strike. He became the seventh man in a weekly build up from a four-strong hunger-strike team to eight-strong. He was moved to the prison hospital on Wednesday, July 5th, his 24th day on hunger-strike.

He died at 7.50am on Thursday, August 20th, 1981 after 60 days on Hunger Strike.

Republican Sinn Féin - Cork. <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.rsfcork.com">http://www.rsfcork.com</a>

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