Terence MacSwiney

Terence Joseph MacSwiney (also sometimes spelt McSweeney) (1879 - October 25 1920) was born in Cork City, County Cork Ireland. He was educated as an accountant and also was a writer of plays and poetry.

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1879 - October 25 - 1920 - Cork City - County Cork - Ireland

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MacSwiney founded the Cork Brigade of the Irish Volunteers in 1913. In April 1916, MacSwiney was interned until December 1916, again in February 1917

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Irish Volunteers - 1913 - 1916 - Interned - 1917

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he was interned and released in June 1917. In November 1917, he was arrested in Cork for wearing an IRA uniform, and went on a hunger strike for 3 days prior to his release.

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IRA - Hunger strike

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In the December elections 1918, MacSwiney was returned unopposed to the first Dail as Sinn Fein representative for Mid-Cork, succeeding the Nationalist M.P. D.D. Sheehan. After the murder of Thomas Mac Curtain, the then Lord Mayor of Cork on March 20 1920, he was elected Lord Mayor of Cork.

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December elections 1918 - Dail - Sinn Fein - Nationalist - D.D. Sheehan - Thomas Mac Curtain - Lord Mayor of Cork - March 20 - 1920

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On August 12 1920, he was was arrested in Dublin for possession of seditious articles and documents, and also possession of a cipher key. He was summarily tried by court martial on August 16, sentenced to two years imprisonment in Brixton Prison. In prison, he immediately started a hunger strike. On October 20 1920, he fell into a coma and died five days later after 78 days on hunger strike. His body was returned to Ireland for burial and his funeral on November 1 attracted huge crowds. Terence MacSwiney is buried in Saint Finbar's Cemetery in Cork.

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August 12 - 1920 - Seditious articles and documents - Cipher - Court martial - August 16 - October 20 - Coma - November 1

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