Death of MacSwiney had enormous significance as prisoners hunger strike drew global coverage

The second part of historian Ryle Dwyer’s examination of the events of the War of Independence leading up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

Death of MacSwiney had enormous significance as prisoners hunger strike drew global coverage

The second part of historian Ryle Dwyer’s examination of the events of the War of Independence leading up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

Two days after archbishop Mannix of Melbourne was essentially dumped at Penzance, Republican prisoners at Cork County Gaol went on hunger strike to protest their jailing without even charge or trial, much less conviction.

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