Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney Arrested 1920

#OnThisDay 1920 Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork was arrested for possession of “seditious articles &documents”. On the 16th he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in Brixton Prison, London. Once there, he immediately started his 74 day hunger strike.

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