Perhaps the most traditional of the Republican martyrs of the Irish War of Independence, Terence MacSwiney was elected Lord Mayor of Cork following the killing of his friend and predecessor Tomas MacCurtain. MacSwiney took office in March 1920 and was dead by 25 October 1920.
His life echoes that of Padraig Pearse
Kevin Barry was 18 years old when he was hanged in Mountjoy Jail on November 1st 1920. His death at such a young age is possibly the most poignant in recent Irish history.
He was born in 1902 in Dublin and grew up both in the capital and in County Carlow. He enrolled in Belvedere College in 1916
Martyrdom has been an essential element in the Irish republican sense of itself for centuries. At it's most basic, this martyrdom stems even from legend. Chuchulain,
the most romantic and impressive of Ireland's legendary heroes,
Like most of his peers, Tipperary IRA leader Sean Treacy looked old for his age. Dead in 1920 by the time he was 25, and before the War of Independence which he helped kickstart had reached anything like completion, he didn’t pass the
