I Die in a Good Cause

I Die in a Good Cause

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Ashe led a hunger strike in Lewes Prison in May 1917 and was released under a general amnesty in June. He was re-arrested in August for a speech he made in Co. Longford and imprisoned in Mountjoy Gaol, where he went on hunger strike in September for prisoner-of-war status. He died on 25 September, having been force-fed by the prison authorities.

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I Die in a Good Cause by Sen Ling

Ashe led a hunger strike in Lewes Prison in May 1917 and was released under a general amnesty in June. He was re-arrested in August for a speech he made in Co. Longford and imprisoned in Mountjoy Gaol, where he went on hunger strike in September for prisoner-of-war status. He died on 25 September, having been force-fed by the prison authorities.
Seán Ó Lúing was born in Ballyferriter, west Kerry, in the same year that Thomas Ashe died. He worked as a primary teacher before joining the translation staff of the Dáil, where he rose to become head of the department. He was the author of books in Irish on John Devoy, Arthur Griffith and Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, and in English – 'The Fremantle Mission'.
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ISBN 13 9781781175057
ISBN 10 1781175055
Title I Die in a Good Cause
Author Sen Ling
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The Mercier Press Ltd
Year published 2017-08-04
Number of pages 352
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