Michael Fitzgerald, the first of three Irish hunger strikers to die during War of Independence 1920.

#OnThisDay 1920 1920 Michael Fitzgerald (left) died after 67 days on hunger strike in Cork jail. Fitzgerald the first of three hunger strikers to die that month. The others:Joseph Murphy & Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney who died in Brixton after 74 days. #Ireland #History

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