Matt Devlin (30 April 1950 — 28 December 2005) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike and was later a leading member of Sinn Féin in County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland.
Matt Devlin was born in Ardboe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on 30 April 1950.
He was arrested in 1977, and was taken to Cookstown and Omagh Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) barracks and interrogated for four days.
Matt continued to play a key role organising and building the party in Westmeath right up until his untimely death a few days ago.
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