Editing Irish War of Independence (section)

==Detention==
{{See also|1923 Irish hunger strikes}}
[[Abercorn Barracks|Ballykinlar internment camp]] was the first mass internment camp in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence holding almost 2,000 men.<ref>Liam O'Duibhir, ''Prisoners of War – Ballykinlar Internment Camp 1920–1921'', (2013), Mercier Press. {{ISBN|9781781170410}}</ref> Ballykinlar gained a reputation for brutality: three prisoners were shot dead and five died from maltreatment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |date=13 November 2015 |title=Ballykinlar Internment Camp Tokens (1920–21) |url=https://oldcurrencyexchange.com/2015/11/13/obrien-coin-guide-ballykinlar-internment-camp-tokens-1920-21 |access-date=10 March 2022 |website=oldcurrencyexchange.com}}</ref>
At [[HM Prison Crumlin Road]] in Belfast, [[Cork County Gaol]] (see [[1920 Cork hunger strike]]) and Mountjoy jail in Dublin some of the political prisoners went on hunger strike. In 1920 two Irish republicans died as a result of hunger strikes—Michael Fitzgerald d. 17 October 1920 and [[Joe Murphy (Irish republican)|Joe Murphy]] d. 25 October 1920.<ref>Thorne, Kathleen, (2016), ''Echoes of Their Footsteps, The Quest for Irish Freedom 1913–1922'', Vol. I, Generation Organization, Newberg, OR, pp. 136–137, {{ISBN|978-0-963-35658-1}}</ref>

[[File:Ballykinlar Camp prisoners.webp|thumb|Irish republican internees at Ballykinlar Internment Camp 1920]]
Conditions during internment were not always good—during the 1920s, the vessel {{HMS|Argenta}} was moored in Belfast Lough and used as a [[prison ship]] for the holding of Irish republicans by the British government after Bloody Sunday. Cloistered below decks in cages which held 50 [[Civilian Internee|internees]], the prisoners were forced to use broken toilets which overflowed frequently into their communal area. Deprived of tables, the already weakened men ate off the floor, frequently succumbing to disease and illness as a result. There were several hunger strikes on the Argenta, including a major strike involving upwards of 150 men in the winter of 1923.<ref name="Argenta">Kleinrichert, Denise, ''Republican Internment and the Prison Ship "Argenta", 1922'' (2000), Irish Academic Press Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-7165-2683-4}}</ref>