sentences:  As one of the senior officers held in Spike Island, Dick was involved in many of the incidents that occurred during his time there.After the truce was declared on 11 July 1921, some prisoners went on hunger strike but Dick called it off after a number of days on instructions from outside as a decision had been made that able-bodied men were more important to the cause.In November, he escaped by row boat alongside Moss (Maurice) Twomey, Henry O'Mahoney, Tom Crofts, Bill Quirke, Dick Eddy and Paddy Buckley.