Terence MacSwiney
Irish playwright, author and nationalist politician (1879-1920) · Writers · Died at 41
Terence James MacSwiney was an Irish playwright, author and politician. He was elected as Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork during the Irish War of Independence in 1920. He was arrested by the British Government on charges of sedition and imprisoned in Brixton Prison.
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His death there in October 1920 after 74 days on hunger strike brought him and the Irish Republican campaign to international attention.
