Enduring the most: the life of Terence MacSwiney, Francis J. Costello. (Brandon, £9.99)

The name of Terence MacSwiney (1879-1920), the Lord Mayor of Cork who died on hunger strike in Brixton prison during the War of Independence, is familiar not only in Ireland but in countries where anti-colonial movements praised his example. Despite his fame, and the continuing resonance of the hunger strike in Irish political culture, there ... Read more

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