Michael Fitzgerald also known as Mick Fitzgerald, was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was among the first members of the Irish Republican Army and played a significant role in organising
Mick Fitzgerald
Hunger strike memorial, mentioning Michael Fitzgerald, in Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery
1920 Cork hunger strike
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After the death of the Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe on hunger strike Irish Republicans prisoners carried out several hunger strikes with their demands being granted. The 1920 Cork hunger strike occ
Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican)
…role in organising it. He rose to the rank of Commandant, Officer Commanding (OC) in the First Battalion, Cork Number 2 Brigade. He died during the 1920 Cork hunger strike at Cork Gaol. Fitzgerald led 65 men in the hunger strike which was in protest at their detention without being either charged or convicted of any crime…
John Crowley in 1910
Peter William Crowley Portrait