Terence MacSwiney -  'My grandfather was optimist, a pragmatist, an idealist, and an opportunist'

Cathal MacSwiney Brugha grandson of Terence MacSwiney stands with his bust.

On the centenary of Terence MacSwiney’s death, the current leaders of the independent Irish State, whose existence owes much to his sacrifice, would do well to heed his words, writes his grandson, Cathal MacSwiney Brugha.

Terence MacSwiney was an author, dramatist, poet, philosopher, and lecturer. He and his wife Muriel had one daughter Máire Óg, my mother.