Tomás Mac Curtain
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Tomás Mac Curtain was an Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician. He was active with the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers, and led the Volunteers during the Easter Rising in Cork. H
Tomás Mac Curtain
A memorial outside Cork City Hall which reads 'Tomás Mac Curtain 1884-1920 Ardmhéara Chorcaí 30 Eanáir- 20 Márta 1920'
Terence MacSwiney
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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 Gove
Tomás Mac Curtain
…County. After multiple contradictory orders including MacNeill's countermanding order, later that evening Mac Curtain decided that he and his deputy Terence MacSwiney would travel across rural Cork to stand down his men. By the time he arrived back in Volunteer Headquarters on Sheares Street late on Easter Monday…
The MacSwineys on their wedding day. The best man Richard Mulcahy can be seen on the right.
Terence, Muriel and daughter Máire in circa May 1919
A bust of Terence MacSwiney outside Cork City Hall. The text, written in Irish, translates as: Terence MacSwiney 1879–1920 Teachta Dála Lord Mayor of Cork 20 March – 25 October 1920
Hunger Strikers Memorial Glasnevin Cemetery Dublin