Kevin Lynch (hunger striker)

Kevin Lynch (25 May 1956 to 1 August 1981) was an Irish republican and member of the Irish National Liberation Army from Park, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, who is remembered in Gaelic games through the hurling club that carries his name. The youngest of eight children, he was a member of the Dungiven team that won the Feile na nGael Division 3 title in Thurles in 1971, and in 1972 he captained the Derry hurling team to an Under-16 All-Ireland title at Croke Park by defeating Armagh. He joined Fianna Eireann at fourteen, later became a member of the INLA, and was sentenced to ten years, serving in the Maze Prison from December 1977. He joined the 1981 hunger strike on 23 May 1981 and died 71 days later. The Dungiven hurling team was renamed Kevin Lynch's Hurling Club in his honour.