Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney dies on Hunger-strike in Brixton Prison 1920

#OnThisDay 1920 Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney dies after 74 days on hunger strike protesting British rule in Ireland. Thousands of people filed past his body as it lay in Southwark Cathedral in London before he was moved to Cóbh then Cork to rest.

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