Remembering the hero

One of the men who gave his life for the cause, Terence MacSwiney: The Hunger Strike That Rocked An Empire, is the subject of a new book by Dave Hannigan.

MacSwiney, arrested while Lord Mayor of Cork at the height of the War of Independence in 1920, died after a 74-day hunger strike which was followed closely all over the world. It was that media coverage which sparked Hannigan’s interest.