Pat McGeown

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pat McGeown
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 3, 1956(1956-09-03)
Age	68
Date Of Death	October 1, 1996, Belfast, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Northern Ireland
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Virgo

Pat McGeown Biography

Pat McGeown is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 3, 1956 in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Pat “Beag” McGeown (3 September 1956 – 1 October 1996) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.

In March 1978 he attempted to escape along with Brendan McFarlane and Larry Marley. The three had wire cutters and dressed as prison officers, complete with wooden guns. The escape was unsuccessful, and resulted in McGeown receiving an additional six-month sentence and the loss of his Special Category Status.

Pat McGeown Net Worth

Pat McGeown is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pat McGeown 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

McGeown was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 3 September 1956, and joined the IRA’s youth wing Fianna Éireann in 1970. He was first arrested aged 14, and in 1973 he was again arrested and interned in Long Kesh until 1974. In November 1975 McGeown was arrested and charged with possession of explosives, bombing the Europa Hotel, and IRA membership. At his trial in 1976 he was convicted and received a five-year sentence for IRA membership and two concurrent fifteen-year sentences for the bombing and possession of explosives, and was imprisoned at Long Kesh with Special Category Status.

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McGeown was found dead in his home on 1 October 1996, after suffering a heart attack. Sinn Féin chairman Mitchel McLaughlin said his death was “a great loss to Sinn Féin and the republican struggle”. McGeown was buried in the Republican plot at Belfast’s Milltown Cemetery, and since his death is often referred to as the “11th hunger striker”. In 1998 the Pat McGeown Community Endeavour Award was launched by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, with Adams describing McGeown as “a modest man with a quiet, but total dedication to equality and raising the standard of life for all the people of the city”. A plaque in memory of McGeown was unveiled outside the Sinn Féin headquarters on the Falls Road on 24 November 2001, and a memorial plot on Beechmount Avenue was dedicated to the memory of McGeown, Kieran Nugent and Alec Comerford on 3 March 2002.

Facts & Trivia

Georgia Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Pat McGeown celebrates birthday on September 3 of every year.

Who was the 11th hunger striker?

McGeown was buried in the Republican plot at Belfast’s Milltown Cemetery, and since his death is often referred to as the “11th hunger striker”.

When did Bobby Sands start his hunger strike?

The 1981 Irish hunger strike started with Sands refusing food on 1 March 1981. Sands decided that other prisoners should join the strike at staggered intervals to maximise publicity, with prisoners steadily deteriorating successively over several months.

Did hunger strikers drink water?

The ten men survived without food for 46 to 73 days, taking only water and salt, before succumbing. After the deaths of the men and severe public disorder, the British Government granted partial concessions to the prisoners, and the strike was called off.

What is the longest hunger strike?

India’s Mahatma Gandhi staged several hunger strikes to protest British rule, the longest said to have been 21 days. Bobby Sands, a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), starved himself to death in 1981 after 66 days on hunger strike while demanding to be treated as a political prisoner, not as a criminal.

Who died in jail due to hunger strike?

Jatin Das
Died| 13 September 1929 (aged 24) Lahore, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Cause of death| Hunger strike
Nationality| Indian
Other names| Jatin Da