 at Ballinahinch and on both the R.I.C and British military at Emly.He fought in the streets of Ballylanders on 16 July 1920, when he was captured and imprisoned by the British.He was tried by court martial on the charge of taking part in an attack with firearms on Crown forces and was sentenced to three years in prison, where he underwent what would become the longest hunger strike in history, lasting 94 days.