spotlight MacSwiney’s body was sent straight to Cork despite protests from Lord Mayor’s familyMartyred after a 74-day hunger strike in London, Terence MacSwiney was supposed to have a funeral commemoration in Dublin before being brought by train to Cork for burial. The British authorities had other ideas and scuppered these plans.
news Terence MacSwiney posthumously awarded medal for service during War of IndependenceMr MacSwiney died in October 1920 after going on hunger strike
ourview Irish Examiner view: Republicans made ultimate sacrifice for Irish independenceIt is just over 100 years ago that Michael Fitzgerald became the first republican combatant to die on hunger strike during the War of Independence. Fitzgerald died on October 17, 1920, in Cork Gaol after a 67-day hunger strike.