Education
Terence MacSwiney was educated at the Christian Brothers school on North Monastery Road in Cork city and was an outstanding pupil. He left school in 1894 at the age of fifteen to take up a position with Dwyer and Company, a warehousing and distribution company, as his family needed the income from his job.
Terence MacSwiney as a Student
© Clonmore & Reynolds.
© Clonmore & Reynolds.
MacSwiney continued to study in his spare time and eventually took a degree in philosophy in 1907 from the Queen's College, Cork, which is now University College Cork. Later, he was employed by Cork County Council to organise classes in commerce.
As a young man, MacSwiney developed a great interest in literature, the Irish language and the struggle for Irish independence. He joined the Gaelic League and helped found both the Cork branch of the Celtic Literary Society and the Cork Dramatic Society. As a writer, he tried his hand at poetry and drama. His poetry was later collected into a volume entitled The Music of Freedom. His best-known play is The Revolutionist.
As a young man, MacSwiney developed a great interest in literature, the Irish language and the struggle for Irish independence. He joined the Gaelic League and helped found both the Cork branch of the Celtic Literary Society and the Cork Dramatic Society. As a writer, he tried his hand at poetry and drama. His poetry was later collected into a volume entitled The Music of Freedom. His best-known play is The Revolutionist.