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The Propaganda War - Hunger Strike

Thomas Ashe funeral, 1917

Thomas Ashe funeral, 1917

The funeral of Thomas Ashe, showing the firing squad shooting at the graveside. Ashe went on hunger strike in Mountjoy Jail in 1917, and died due to being force fed. Hunger strike was a powerful weapon throughout the revolutionary years.
 

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Thomas Ashe funeral, 1917 suite ag:
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An déantán roimhe seo:

Wormwood Scrubs hunger striker autograph book, 1920


An chéad déantán eile:

Annie MacSwiney, Mountjoy, 1922


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