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Irish Member of Parliament Mary MacSwiney Talking to Harry Boland, 1922. Boland was President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Mary MacSwiney's brother Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, went on hunger strike in protest of British policy in Ireland. Mary, alongside her sister-in-law Muriel MacSwiney kept daily vigil over Terence and effectively became spokespeople for the campaign. From "Time To Remember - Sitting Still And Going Slowly", 1922 (Reel 1); review of events in 1922 including Irish Troubles, war between Greece and Turkey and developments in aviation and radio.