Matt Devlin (Irish language: Máta Ó Doibhilin) (d. 28 December 2005) took part in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike. He came from Ardboe in County Tyrone, and he was a member of the IRA and Sinn Féin. Irish (), a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland, is constitutionally recognised as the first official language of the Republic of Ireland, and has official recognition in Northern Ireland as well. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Ardboe (in Irish: Ard Bó, ie height of the cow), is a small village in the north east of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. ... This article is about County Tyrone. ... A Republican mural in Belfast depicting the hunger strikes of 1981. ... Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ...

Prison

He was sentenced in October 1977 to seven years for the attempted murder of RUC officers. The acronym RUC may refer to any of the following: Rádio Universidade de Coimbra Rapid Update Cycle Recordings Under Construction Roskilde University (Roskilde Universitetscenter) Royal Ulster Constabulary Renmin Univisity of China,P.R.C This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

In 1981 he joined the Hunger Strike in the H Blocks along with his fellow Republican prisoners. He had been involved in the prison protests right through from going "on the blanket" right through until the hunger strikes ended when families began to take their sons off the protest. A mural in Derrys Bogside, commemorating Irish hunger strikers. ...

Electoral politics

In 2004, despite serious illness he stood in local elections in Ireland and although failing to get elected is credited for building up the Sinn Féin party in County Westmeath. Senior Sinn Féin member, Martin McGuinness said: "It was a testament to Matt’s determination and courage that even when seriously ill he still put himself forward to stand for Sinn Féin in the last Southern elections. Matt continued to play a key role organising and building the party in Westmeath right up until his untimely death a few days ago." Martin McGuinness, MP, MLA James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (born 23 May 1950) is an Irish republican politician and Member of Parliament. ...