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Tomas O'Fiach


 

Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich was an Irish Cardinal and the former Primate of All Ireland. He was born on November 3, 1923, in Camlough, South Armagh, a staunchly nationalist/republican area of Northern Ireland.

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Cardinal - Primate of All Ireland - November 3 - 1923 - Northern Ireland

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He was the Cardinal who took the side of the IRA hunger strikers as opposed to the British Basil Cardinal Hume and the Papal Nuncio, Bruno Heim, who both declared the strikes to be suicides. He was also the cleric who announced that Pope John Paul II would be visiting the Republic of Ireland, but advised the Pope not to visit Northern Ireland, due to The Troubles.

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IRA - Basil Cardinal Hume - Bruno Heim - Pope John Paul II - Republic of Ireland - Northern Ireland - The Troubles

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He died in Lourdes, France of a heart attack on May 8, 1990 at the age of 66.

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Lourdes, France - May 8 - 1990

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