Cork hunger striker's grandson joins 24-hour fast for Palestine
Colum ‘Cully’ Radford in front of the bust of Terence MacSwiney at Cork City Hall. Mr Radford is joining the fast in solidarity with the people of Palestine — inspired by his grandfather, Lar Cotter, who joined the Cork hunger strike in 1920 in protest at the detention of MacSwiney, then Cork’s lord mayor.
Inspired by his grandfather, who joined a mass hunger strike more than a century ago during Ireland’s struggle for independence, Colum Radford will join a global symbolic 24-hour fast for Palestine on Wednesday.
His grandfather, Lar Cotter, was one of 11 men — including Liam Lynch and then lord mayor Terence MacSwiney — who were arrested by the British in Cork City Hall in August 1920.
