There is some evidence that they were rooted in celtic tradition. Hundreds of years ago, there were stories of people undergoing hunger strikes. The concept of hospitality in ireland was so strong that am it was just unthinkable to let somebody starve on your doorstep. But what's not documented is its link to the i r a hunger strikes of the beginning of the twentieth century and then toward the end of the 1900s.
In the early 1980s, imprisoned IRA members went on a prolonged hunger strike, leading to the death of ten men. This is their story.
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