In this episode, we discuss the role of hunger strikes during the Irish War of Independence, including the story of Thomas Ashe, the Mountjoy Prison and General Strike of 1918, and Terence MacSwiney.
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References:
https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/04/13/the-hunger-strike-and-general-strike-of-1920/#.XzhJNzVOnIU
https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/hunger-strike-and-ireland-1920
Grant, Kevin Last Weapons: Hunger Strikes and Fasts in the British Empire, 1890-1948 2019, University of California Press, CA
Pawns in the Game: Irish Hunger Strikes 1912-1981 by Barry Flynn, 2012, Collins Press
The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence by Charles Townshend, 2014, Penguin Group
A Nation and Not a Rabble: the Irish Revolution 1913-1923 by Diarmaid Ferriter, 2015, Profile Books
