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Mar 28, 1879 Cork, Munster, Ireland Died on 25 Oct 1920 (aged 41)
Irish playwright, author and nationalist politician
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About Terence Macswiney
- Terence James MacSwiney (; Irish: Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne; 28 March 1879 – 25 October 1920) 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.
- His death there in October 1920 after 74 days on hunger strike brought him and the Irish Republican campaign to international attention.
