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Joe Lacey, Irish Hunger Striker died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes (born 1895)

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Dinny Lacey

Irish Revolutionary (1889–1923)

Denis Lacey was an Irish Republican Army officer during the Irish War of Independence and anti-Treaty IRA officer during the Irish Civil War.
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1923 Irish hunger strikes

1923 Hunger strike

In October 1923 mass hunger strikes were undertaken by Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial. The Irish Civil War had ended six months earlier yet the newly formed Provisional Government of the Irish Free State was slow in…
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December 24

Day of the year

December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; seven days remain until the end of the year.
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