Reference code
IE CA CP/3/16/5/4
Title
Terence MacSwiney Memoriam Card
Date(s)
- 1920 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
Printed
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A memoriam card for Terence MacSwiney. The card reads ‘In Loving Memory of Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne [Terence MacSwiney] TD, Commandant 1st Cork Brigade IRA. Lord Mayor of Cork. Who died for his Country in Brixton Prison, England, 26th October, 1920. (4th Year of the Irish Republic)’ with a portrait photograph and religious text. This particular card gives the date of his death as 26 October, but MacSwiney died on the morning of 25 October.