Terence MacSwiney

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Irish politician Irish republican Lord Mayor human playwright

Terence MacSwiney was an Irish playwright, politician, and Lord Mayor of Cork whose death on hunger strike in 1920 made him an international symbol of resistance to British rule.

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Label Occurrences
Terence MacSwiney canonical 4
Terence James MacSwiney 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish politician ⓘ
Irish republican ⓘ
Lord Mayor ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
causeOfDeath hunger strike ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1879-03-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1920-10-25 ⓘ
detainedAt Brixton Prison ⓘ
educatedAt Christian Brothers ⓘ
surface form: Christian Brothers schools

Royal University of Ireland ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
familyName MacSwiney ⓘ
fullName Terence MacSwiney self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Terence James MacSwiney
givenName Terence ⓘ
hungerStrikeDuration 74 days ⓘ
influenced Indian independence activists ⓘ
anti-colonial movements worldwide ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
memberOf Irish Republican Army ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ
movement Irish independence movement ⓘ
Irish republicanism ⓘ
notableFor death on hunger strike in 1920 ⓘ
symbol of resistance to British rule ⓘ
notableWork Principles of Freedom ⓘ
The Music of Freedom ⓘ
The Revolutionist ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
politician ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cork city ⓘ
surface form: Cork

County Cork ⓘ
Island of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Ireland
placeOfDeath Brixton Prison ⓘ
England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
politicalParty Sinn Féin ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Mayor of Cork ⓘ
Teachta Dála ⓘ
precededBy Tomás Mac Curtain ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling Mary MacSwiney ⓘ
spouse Muriel Murphy ⓘ
startedHungerStrikeOn 1920-08-12 ⓘ
wasArrestedBy British authorities ⓘ
wasElected Lord Mayor of Cork in 1920 ⓘ

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Presentation Brothers College, Cork → hasAlumni → Terence MacSwiney ⓘ
Tomás Mac Curtain → successor → Terence MacSwiney ⓘ
Terence MacSwiney → fullName → Terence MacSwiney self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terence James MacSwiney
Mary MacSwiney → sibling → Terence MacSwiney ⓘ
Mary MacSwiney → relative → Terence MacSwiney ⓘ