Jack McNeela was an Irish republican and a senior member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Ballycroy, County Mayo, Ireland. McNeela was one of 22 Irish republicans who died on hunger-strike. As a young man, McNeela was an athlete in County Mayo and participated in Gaelic games. He came from a family of four brothers and two sisters. His brother Paddy was also a leader in the IRA, holding the position of Quartermaster general in Dublin.

Headlines from April 19, 1940

NAZI MISSIONS HOLD WAR TALKS ROME; Italians Say EXchanges With Germans Are Incidental to 1938 Military Alliance

HOUSE VOTES 279-97 TO CURB AGENCIES BY COURT REVIEW; Motion to Recommit Bill and Efforts to Exempt Various Boards Are Defeated ROUT FOR NEW DEALERS Amendment to Spare NLRB and Wages-Hours Body Draws Fire From Their Foes

$963,797,478 VOTED TO NAVY BY SENATE; 63 FOR IT, 4 AGAINST; Measure Grants Funds to Start Two 45,000-Ton Battleships and Two New Cruisers JAPANESE ACTIVITY NOTED Four to 8 Superdreadnoughts Probably on Ways, Admiral Stark Tells Committee

ROOSEVELT ASKS RELIEF AUTHORITY; Right to Spend $975,000,000 in 8 Months Is 'Logical' Step Now, He Tells Congress

TRICKS IN NORWAY, NOT TREASON, CITED; Army Chief and Stockholm Legation Report on Nazis' Fake Propagandist Orders

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