Front cover image for History's daughter : a memoir from the only child of Terence MacSwiney

History's daughter : a memoir from the only child of Terence MacSwiney

Máire MacSwiney Brugha (Author)
Máire MacSwiney Brugha is the only child of Terence MacSwiney, one of the greatest figures in Ireland's history, who died after seventy-three days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison on 25 October 1920. His death became worldwide news. MacSwiney is reputed to have been quoted by Mahatma Gandhi as the main inspiration for his own life's work leading to the downfall of the British empire in India; Ho Chi Minh said of MacSwiney: 'A nation which has such citizens will never surrender.' At the time of his death Máire was a young child. Her mother, Muriel, a member of the wealthy Murphy dist

eBook, English, 2014
The O'Brien Press, Dublin, 2014