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...Bears, who were the league’s most consistent program after Princeton in the ’90s, hit rock bottom last season. This year Pam McCreesh takes over the head coaching duties, but so far not much has improved as the Bears are off to a 3-10 start. Brown hasn’t beaten Harvard since...
Nonetheless, some families are caught up in the cause even more than their sons. Hunger Striker Raymond McCreesh, 24, went about 50 days without food and one day wondered aloud to a member of the prison staff if a single glass of milk would violate his fast. After all, McCreesh said hesitantly, it was only liquid, like the five pints of water and salt he took each...
...staffer was so unnerved by the question that he rushed word to the prison governor who swiftly summoned members of McCreesh's immediate family...
Other speakers included Elizabeth O'Hara, sister of Patsy O' Hara, another hunger striker who died, and Malachy McCreesh, brother of Ray McCreesh, who also died...
Sands, who, along with O'Hara and McCreesh, has been touring the United States to stir up support for the hunger strikers, finished by praising Boston Irish Americans in particular for their support...