of World War 2 complicated matters, and unfortunately Cora died soon thereafter. Hughes never took another partner. Literature J. Bowyer Bell, The Secret Army: The IRA 1916-1979 (revised & updated edition), The Academy Press, Dublin 1979. George Gilmore, The Irish Republican Congress, The Cork Workers' Club, Cork 1978. Mike Milotte, Communism in Modern Ireland: The Pursuit of the Workers' Republic since 1916, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 1984. References External links Biography in Searc's Web Guide to 20th Century Ireland 1898 births 1985 deaths Irish communists Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) members Irish republicans People of the Irish Civil War (Anti-Treaty side) Protestant Irish nationalists