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Muriel MacSwiney

Muriel MacSwiney (née Murphy, 8 June 1892 – 26 October 1982) was an Irish republican and left-wing activist, and the first woman to be given the Freedom of New York City. She was the wife of Terence MacSwiney, mother of Máire MacSwiney Brugha and sister-in-law of Mary MacSwiney. The 1920 hunger strike of her husband Terence became an international cause célèbre, and following his death she became one of the most high profile Irish republican activists in the world, widely campaigning in the United States throughout the early 1920s. Following the defeat of the Anti-Treaty IRA in the Irish Civil War in 1923, Muriel never again lived in Ireland and instead embarked upon a bohemian life on the European continent. However, this led to a falling out with her daughter Máire, resulting in a bitter custody battle when Máire attempted to return to Ireland and ultimately total estrangement after 1934. MacSwiney spent most of the 1930s in Paris, France and from 1940 onwards lived in England, where she still occasionally involved herself in left-wing and republican causes.

Birth and Death Data: Born June 8, 1892 (County Cork), Died October 26, 1982 (Maidstone)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1920

Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 79618 10-in. 12/31/1920 Farewell message to America Muriel MacSwiney Speech speaker  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "MacSwiney, Muriel," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107466.

MacSwiney, Muriel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107466.

"MacSwiney, Muriel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107466

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