Among those marking UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People will be two descendants of Irish War of Independence hunger strikers

The writings of Cork's martyred lord mayor give new insight into the realities of revolutionary struggle

Mary MacSwiney's most famous speech was fuelled by the memory of her brother's last days

Martyred after a 74-day hunger strike in London, Terence MacSwiney was supposed to have a funeral commemoration in Dublin before being brought by train to Cork for burial. The British authorities had other ideas and scuppered these plans.