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Terence James MacSwiney (/məkˈswiːni/; Irish: Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne; 28 March 1879 – 25 October 1920)[1] 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.[2] 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[3] brought him and the Irish Republican campaign to international attention.

Terence MacSwiney
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MacSwiney in his mayoral robes
Teachta Dála
In office
December 1918 – October 1920
Constituency
Mid Cork
Lord Mayor of Cork
In office
March 1920 – October 1920
Constituency
Cork County Council
Personal details
Born
28 March 1879
Cork, Ireland
Died
25 October 1920 (aged 41)
HM Prison Brixton, Lambeth, London, England
Resting place
Saint Finbarr's Cemetery, Cork, Ireland
Nationality
Irish
Spouse(s)
Muriel Murphy
Relations
Mary MacSwiney (sister)
Annie MacSwiney (sister)
Seán MacSwiney (brother)
Ruairí Brugha (son-in-law)
Children
Máire MacSwiney Brugha
Background
Political activity
Hunger strike Edit
In prison he immediately started a hunger strike in protest at his internment and the fact that he was tried by a military court.[11] Eleven other Irish Republican prisoners in Cork Jail went on hunger strike at the same time.[11] On 26 August, the British Government stated that "the release of the Lord Mayor would have disastrous results in Ireland and would probably lead to a mutiny of both military and police in south of Ireland."[11]

MacSwiney's hunger strike gained world attention. The British Government was threatened with a boycott of British goods by Americans[citation needed], while four countries in South America appealed to the Pope to intervene. Protests were held in Germany and France as well. An Australian member of parliament, Hugh Mahon, was expelled from the Australian parliament for "seditious and disloyal utterances at a public meeting", after protesting against the actions of the British Government. Two weeks later, the Spanish Catalan organization Autonomous Center of Employees of Commerce and Industry (CADCI) sent a petition to the British prime minister calling for his release and the newspaper of the organization, Acció (Acción in Spanish), began a campaign for MacSwiney.[13]

Food was often placed near him to persuade him to give up the hunger-strike. Attempts at force-feeding MacSwiney were undertaken in the final days of his strike.[11] On 20 October 1920 he fell into a coma and died five days later after 74 days on hunger strike. His body lay in St George's Cathedral, Southwark in London where 30,000 people filed past it.[11] Fearing large-scale demonstrations in Dublin, the authorities diverted his coffin directly to Cork, and his funeral in the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne on 31 October attracted huge crowds. MacSwiney is buried in the Republican plot in Saint Finbarr's Cemetery in Cork. Arthur Griffith delivered the graveside oration