In 1981 Patrick McGeown survived a 42-day hunger strike while in prison for a bombing done for this organization
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Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) stations, bombings, and attacks on off-duty ..... 
McGeown was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and joined the IRA's youth wing
... [DOC] [TLE] Melanie McFadyean on the legacy of the hunger strikes in Northern ... [PAR] Mar 3, 2006 ... Bobby Sands and nine other republican prisoners died on hunger strike in ... 
Three months later, on March 1 1981, Bobby Sands, OC of the IRA in ...