Mary MacSwiney
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 82 years ago |
Date of birth | March 27,1872 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | London |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | March 8,1942 |
Died | Cork |
Ireland | |
Party | Sinn Féin |
Siblings | Terence MacSwiney |
Niece | Máire MacSwiney Brugha |
Márie MacSwiney | |
Job | Politician |
Previous position | Teachta Dála of Ireland (1921–1927) |
Education | University of Cambridge |
St Angela's College | |
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ID | 443059 |
Mary MacSwiney Life story
Mary MacSwiney was an Irish republican activist and politician, as well as a teacher. MacSwiney was thrust into both the national and international spotlight in 1920 when her brother Terence MacSwiney, then the Lord Mayor of Cork, when on hunger strike in protest of British policy in Ireland.