Death of a lord mayor: Terence MacSwiney's 1920 hunger strike

Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, began his hunger strike on his arrest on August 12th 1920.  Six days later, he was court martialled, sentenced for sedition and transferred from Cork to Brixton  jail. The story drew global and multi-lingual newspaper coverage, and is one of the earliest examples  of an extended, medically-documented hunger strike. It raised political tensions, and also posed  medical, ecumenical and medico-legal quandaries.