Cousins

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Cousins Francis Hughes (Ó hÁodha) and Thomas McElwee (Mac Giolla Bhuídhe) were the second and ninth of the 1981 hunger strikers to die. They share a grave in St. Mary’s churchyard in their hometown of Bellaghy, Co. London-/Derry. The image above shows their gravestone “erected by the people of Co. Derry and Co. Antrim”.
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Copyright © 2016 Extramural Activity
Camera Settings: f1.9, 1/33, ISO 64, full size 4128 x 2322
text: X03932 i measc laochra na nGael go raibh a nanamacha oglaigh na heireann IRA

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