Kieran Nugent
Kieran Nugent (1958[
Early life
Nugent was an adolescent in Northern Ireland during the most intense years of the Troubles. On 20 March 1973, aged 15, he was standing with a friend on the corner of Merrion Street and Grosvenor Road,[where?] when a car pulled up beside them and one of the occupants asked them for directions. Another occupant of the vehicle then opened fire with a submachine gun. Nugent was seriously wounded after being shot eight times in the chest, arms and back by the loyalists in the car. His friend, Bernard McErlean, aged 16, was killed.[3][4]
Prison life
At some point afterwards, Nugent joined the IRA. He was arrested,[
He became an active volunteer until his arrest and internment, without trial, on 9 February 1975.[citation needed] He served nine months in Cage 4 of Long Kesh Detention Centre in Northern Ireland, until 12 November 1975.[citation needed]
He was arrested and imprisoned again on 12 May 1976,[
He was soon[
Death
On 4 May 2000, Nugent died from a
References
- ^ Fra McCann. "Tribute to Kieran Nugent". Coiste Ireland. Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2003.
- ^ a b c Laura Friel (11 May 2000). "The first H Block blanket man". An Phoblacht. Retrieved 21 May 2007.
- ^ H Block - British Jail for Irish Political Prisoners by Fr. Denis Faul and Fr. Raymond Murray 1979
- ^ Sutton Index of Deaths
- ^ ISBN 9781512600629.
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- ISBN 0-87113-702-X.
- ^ CAIN