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Searc's Web Guide to 20th Century Ireland - Nicky Kohoe (born 1955)
Nicky Kohoe was born and educated in Dublin. He joined the Republican movement in 1972 and was arrested for IRA membership in 1974. Kohoe was imprisoned for two years in Portlaoise Prison during which time he underwent a fifteen day hunger-strike in protest at conditions. In 1982 Kohoe was sentenced to twelve years in Portlaoise Prison for alleged IRA activities. In prison Kohoe began writing in Irish and in English and contributed to Portlaoise Writings (1987) and a pamphlet Republican Prisoners' Writings Portlaoise (1992). Kohoe's poem RTE News was first published in The Captive Voice Vol.2 No.1 (1990). He was released from Portlaoise Prison in 1992 and was elected to Dublin City Council for Sinn Féin in 1999.©
Nicky Kohoe