Cork Hunger Strike Begins, Terence MacSwiney Deaths, August 11, 1920
The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney.
Date: August 11, 1920
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