Tony D'Arcy
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Tony D'Arcy was an Irish Republican Hunger-striker, died April 1940.
D'Arcy was a member of the I.R.A. during the 1930s. He was arrested and imprisoned during The Emergency (Ireland) but went on hunger strike with 5 other men to attempt to achieve political prisoner status for Nicky Doherty of County Meath who was lodged in the prisoner section of Mountjoy jail. Tony D'Arcy and Seán McNeela of Ballycroy Co.Mayo both died on hunger strike in St.Bricins military hospital in Arbour Hill prison. An undertaker by profession, his body was carried in his own hearse, driven by neighbour Joe Glynn of Headford. He was buried at Donaghpatrick, Headford, County Galway.
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References
- The History and Folklore of the Barony of Clare, Michael J. Hughes, c. 1993.