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About Mary MacSwiney
Mary MacSwiney was an Irish politician and educationalist. In 1927 she became leader of Sinn Féin when Éamon de Valera resigned from the presidency of the party.
MacSwiney was many things in her life -- a suffragist, political prisoner, hunger-striker, organizer, co-founder of Scoil Íte, member of the Gaelic League and Inghinidhe na hÉireann, founding member and national officer of Cumann na mBan, Sinn Féin representative to the Dáil for the Cork Borough constituency, international witness on Irish issues, founder of Mná na Poblachta, and general vocal advocate for the causes she believed in.
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Mary MacSwiney's Timeline
| 1872 |
March 27, 1872
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London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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| 1942 |
March 8, 1942
Age 69
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County Cork, Munster, Ireland
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March 11, 1942
Age 69
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In her brother Terence's grave alongside him, County Cork, Munster, Ireland
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