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Michael Fitzgerald
Died 17th October 1920
Michael Fitzgerald was a member of the IRA which he joined at a very young age. Having been involved in a number of successful operations he was then arrested and imprisoned in Cork Jail.
Michael went on hunger strike in protest over conditions in which Republican prisoners were forced to live in.
After spending sixty seven days on hunger strike Michael Fitzgerald died on 17th October 1920.
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