Terence MacSwiney : the hunger strike that rocked an empire
Hannigan, Dave2021
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At the end of his court-martial on August 16th, 1920, Terence MacSwiney, the Lord Mayor of Cork, greeted his sentence of two years in jail by declaring: 'I have decided the term of my imprisonment. I shall be free, alive or dead, within a month'. Dave Hannigan presents an account of one man's courageous stand against the might of an empire.
Main title:
Terence MacSwiney : the hunger strike that rocked an empire / Dave Hannigan.
Author:
Hannigan, Dave, author
Imprint:
Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2021.
Collation:
314p., [16]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2010Bibliography: p.297-300.
ISBN:
9781847171825 (pbk)1847171826 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.591
Language:
English
Subject:
MacSwiney, Terence, 1879-1920Hunger strikes -- Ireland -- History -- 20th centuryHunger strikes -- England -- London -- History -- 20th centuryRevolutionaries -- Ireland -- BiographyRevolutionaries -- Ireland -- Cork -- BiographyIreland -- History -- 1918-1922, War of Independence -- Cork (County)Cork (Ireland : City) -- History -- 1916-1922Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921Ireland -- History -- 20th centuryGreat Britain -- History -- 1910-1936
BRN:
1370734