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Terence MacSwiney

1879 - 1920

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Terence James MacSwiney (; Irish: Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne; 28 March 1879 – 25 October 1920) was an Irish playwright, author and politician. He was elected as Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork during the Irish War of Independence in 1920. He was arrested by the British Government on charges of sedition and imprisoned in Brixton Prison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terence MacSwiney has received more than 400,936 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Terence MacSwiney is the 6,377th most popular writer (down from 5,240th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 262nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Principles of Freedom
2020
Principles of Freedom
2007
Principles of freedom
Home rule, Irish question, Liberty
On home rule in Ireland and principles of liberty.
1921
The revolutionist
1914
Principles of Freedom
2022
Principles of Freedom
1921
Principles of Freedom
2007
Principles of Freedom
1921
Principles of Freedom
2022
The revolutionist
1914
Principles of Freedom
2020
Principles of freedom
Home rule, Irish question, Liberty
On home rule in Ireland and principles of liberty.
1921

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Terence MacSwiney ranks 6,377 out of 7,302. Before him are Werewere Liking, Richard Price, Jodi Picoult, Ludwig Bemelmans, Christopher Fry, and Thomas Lodge. After him are Sylvia Browne, H. R. F. Keating, Anderson Cooper, George S. Kaufman, Waleed Al-Husseini, and Raúl Rivero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Terence MacSwiney ranks 254. Before him are Edward Hennig, Edwin Montagu, Frank Kugler, Lucy Burns, Edward Dillon, and Björn Þórðarson. After him are Albert Ireton, James Branch Cabell, Charles Thias, King Baggot, Elmer McCollum, and Gerald Logan. Among people deceased in 1920, Terence MacSwiney ranks 133. Before him are Horace Elgin Dodge, Pavel Shternberg, Walter W. Winans, Charles Lapworth, Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, and Samuel Colman. After him are Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Harry Solter, Mary Augusta Ward, and Louisa Lawson.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Terence MacSwiney ranks 342 out of 549. Before him are William J. Duane (1780), Seán Lemass (1899), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), Frances Power Cobbe (1822), Patricia Collinge (1892), and Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848). After him are Seán Brady (1939), Louis Walsh (1952), Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), Sheamus (1978), Aidan Turner (1983), and William Smith O'Brien (1803).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Terence MacSwiney ranks 48. Before him are Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Frank Harris (1856), Nahum Tate (1652), Roddy Doyle (1958), and Frances Power Cobbe (1822). After him are Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Marian Keyes (1963), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), James Mason (1849), Thomas MacDonagh (1878), and Emma Donoghue (1969).

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