Martin Hurson

Martin Hurson
Máirtín Ó hUrsáin
Born	Edward Martin Hurson (1956-09-13)13 September 1956 Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Died	13 July 1981(1981-07-13) (aged 24) HM Prison Maze, County Down, Northern Ireland
Cause of death	Died after 46 days on hunger strike
Burial place	Galbally, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Military career
Paramilitary	Provisional IRA
Rank	Volunteer
Unit	East Tyrone Brigade
Conflicts	The Troubles

Edward Martin Hurson (13 September 1956 – 13 July 1981) was an Irish Republican hunger striker and a Volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the sixth to die during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.