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Saturday, October 24, 2020

Rev. MacSwiney Learns of Death of Her Brother, Lord Mayor of Cork, Oct. 25, 1920

By the Associated Press, Asheville, N.C., Oct. 25--First news of the death of her brother was conveyed to Rev. Madam Margaret MacSwiney following receipt of Associated Press dispatches. Madam MacSwinney is principal of the academy of St. Geneva, operated by sisters of Christian Education here. The college expected to observe the death of the lord mayor, although definite plans have not been announced as yet. Madam McSwineyi was deeply concerned yesterday over reports that her sister had instituted a hunger strike when refused permission to visit their brother. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Oct. 25, 1920) Terrence MacSwiney was Lord Mayor of Cork. He had been on a hunger strike.

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