December 18, 1980Prisoners in Armagh and Long Kesh End Their 53 Day Hunger Strike on Promises of Political Status. the Promises Are Not Kept
October 27, 1980Beginning of the Hunger Strike by Seven Republican Prisoners in the H Blocks at Long Kesh
August 21, 1981Michael Devine, Irish Political Prisoner, Dies on Hunger Strike in Maze Prison, Northern Ireland.
August 8, 1981Thomas McElwee, Irish Polictical Prisoner, Dies on Hunger Strike in Maze Prison, Northern Ireland.