Seán MacSwiney
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Seán MacSwiney (Irish: Seán Mac Suibhne) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was born in Cork city. He was the brother of Terence MacSwiney and Mary MacSwiney.
His brother, Terence, then a Sinn Féin TD and the Lord Mayor of Cork, died on hunger strike in 1920. He was elected in the 1921 election for the Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West constituency and became a member of the Second Dáil. His sister Mary was elected for the Cork Borough constituency in the same election. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it (as did his sister Mary). He was defeated in the 1922 general election.
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- Seán MacSwiney's electoral history (ElectionsIreland.org)
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