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The hunger strike that shook the British empire
From Catalonia, to New York, Bengal and Australia, the death of Irish revolutionary Terence MacSwiney in a British prison 100 years ago sent shock waves around the world, writes PAULINE MURPHY
Terence MacSwiney was on hunger strike for 74 days
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ONE HUNDRED years ago Ireland was in the midst of a war for independence.
British rule over Ireland was being challenged constitutionally by the Sinn Fein political party and challenged physically by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Terence MacSwiney was a democratically elected representative of Sinn Fein and commandant of the Cork IRA Brigade.
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