Joe Lacey, Irish Hunger Striker Died During the 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes

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Joe Lacey, Irish Hunger Striker died during the 1923 Irish hunger strikes

On 24 December 1923 Joe Lacey (the brother of IRA Officer Dinny Lacey) died at the Curragh Camp (the hunger strike had been called off in November 1923 but Lacey died as a result of his weakened condition)