Terence MacSwiney, a Sinn Fein MP and the Lord Mayor of Cork, was arrested by the British authorities in August 1920.
He went on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, London, and died on the seventy-fourth day of his hunger strike. The tricolour flag was laid across his coffin.
He wrote about the importance of the tricolour flag.
Shall we honour the flag we bear by a mean, apologetic front? No! Wherever it is down, lift it; wherever it is challenged, wave it; wherever it is high, salute it; wherever it is victorious, glorify and exult in it. At all times and forever be for it proud, passionate, persistent, jubilant, defiant; stirring hidden memories, kindling old fires, wakening the finer instincts of men.
Terence MacSwiney, Principles of Freedom (Dublin, 1921) p243
1) What simple attitude is MacSwiney trying to convince people to take towards the flag?
2) What, in your opinion, is the most important advice given to people by MacSwiney?
Terence MacSwiney, Principles of Freedom (Dublin, 1921) p243
