Second- and third-generation Irish joining the republican movement is not uncommon – see the October 2004 Fortnight Magazine book review of "Choosing The Green? Second Generation Irish and the Cause of Ireland" by Brian Dooley hereArchived 30 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
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There is a discrepancy in the sources concerning the duration of his hunger strike. In an interviewArchived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Mac Stíofáin claimed it lasted fifty-three days.
Second- and third-generation Irish joining the republican movement is not uncommon – see the October 2004 Fortnight Magazine book review of "Choosing The Green? Second Generation Irish and the Cause of Ireland" by Brian Dooley hereArchived 30 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
There is a discrepancy in the sources concerning the duration of his hunger strike. In an interviewArchived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Mac Stíofáin claimed it lasted fifty-three days.