Days of Fear Author:Frank Gallagher During the Irish War of Independence Frank Gallagher was interned in Mountjoy where he took part in a mass hunger-strike of republican prisoners demanding political status. GallagherĈs remarkable diary reveals his internal conflict during the hunger strike in April 1920. He describes a ĉdouble personalityĈ, one half bent on self-preservation and... more » the other on sacrifice. On the tenth day, he almost surrendered, but what kept him resolute was shame before his fellow hunger strikers. ĉIf there were an honorable way of escape, I should be glad à IĈm afraid to die, and IĈm going to die because IĈm afraid not to à The papers will call me a hero and a martyr à a miserable, frightened fool, who hadnĈt the courage not to die.Ĉ« less