Talk:Terence MacSwiney
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[edit] Mac Suibhne's famous endurance speech
From Irish Quotations (page 263) ed. Bernard O Donoghue (OUP, 1999): 'It is not those who can inflict the most, but those that can suffer the most who will conquer'- Terence MacSwiney, 1879-1920, while on Hunger Strike in Brixton Prison, 1920. (taken from Diana Norman, Terrible Beauty, 1987). I had until this moment thought he said it in his acceptance speech as Mayor of Cork. It bears a striking resemblance to Nietzsche's 'Out of life's school of war: what does not destroy me, makes me stronger' (Twilight of the Idols, 1889). El Gringo 03:50, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation of MacSwiney
I've added a note indicating that the name should be pronounced as 'MacSweeney'. This is not ideal, however, and if anyone can add a more technicaly pronunciation indicator, that would be fine. Rbreen 09:46, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spelling of Irish version
As this image [1] from the Cork City Archives shows, MacSwiney actually signed his name Tordhealbhach. The bust featured in the article dates from 1964 and uses the modernised spelling. I am taking it that the form he actually used is the correct version. Rbreen 21:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
