One of the leading republican activists of his generation and often remembered for the circumstances of his death, Terence MacSwiney’s life reveals a complex character, says Robert Hume

Despite being cleared of any dereliction of duty, the failure of the Cork Brigade to take part in the rebellion weighed heavily on the minds of Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney, writes Gerry White

As commander of the Cork Brigade, Tomás MacCurtain was responsible for the success of his mission. But he had been receiving conflicting orders from the Irish Volunteer HQ in Dublin, writes Gerry White

A NEPHEW of executed 1916 hero Thomas Kent stepped behind the walls of Cork Prison yesterday to lay a wreath on his uncle’s grave — 90 years to the day after his death.