Book interview: 'Terence MacSwiney was a sensitive man torn between ambitions of writing and duty to Ireland'

Clodagh Finn talks to theatre historian Dr Fiona Brennan about discovering and coming to know the literary ambitions and personal conflict of a great patriot — Terence MacSwiney

Terence MacSwiney was a deeply sensitive individual torn between his heartfelt ambition to be a writer and his public duty to fight for an independent Ireland.

• The Art and Ideology of Terence MacSwiney: Caught in the living flame
• Edited by Gabriel Doherty, Fiona Brennan and Neil Buttimer
• Cork University Press, €39