1917 and 1981 a total of 22 Irish men have died on Hunger-Strike in this phase of the Struggle for Irish Unity! The Roll of Honour of these Martyrs of Irish Republicanism is as follows:
Thomas Ashe, Kerry, 5 days, 25 September 1917 (force fed by tube, died as a result). Terence McSwiney, Cork, 74 days, 25 October 1920. Michael Fitzgerald, Cork, 67