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Annie MacSwiney on a Sick Bed During Her Hunger Strike at Mountjoy Prison, 1922. 'Inside Mountjoy Gaol in Dublin, a Miss [Mary] MacSwiney starved in her cell for her principles. Meanwhile, outside against the very walls that held her sister, a second Miss MacSwiney [Annie MacSwiney] conducted a similar hunger strike. While such actions persisted, no one could claim that Ireland's troubles were over. To many, Sinn Fein, which means 'ourselves alone', meant also, not just the better part of the loaf, but all'. From "Time To Remember - Sitting Still And Going Slowly", 1922 (Reel 1); review of events in 1922 including Irish Troubles, war between Greece and Turkey and developments in aviation and radio.