The MacSwiney Club in Jenkintown is a 100-year-old institution where Irish culture and history are treasured, preserved, and cultivated. Fionnuala Boyle covered it for the Irish Star.

The club — named after an Irish patriot, statesman, and martyr Terence MacSwiney — is also committed to playing a role in the future of Ireland. Its operation was inspired by the hardships endured by figures such as MacSwiney, a cultural figure from the start of the last century.

“In 1920, after Terence MacSwiney’s passing, the club decided they would still be connected with the Clan but would dedicate a separate club solely to his memory,” said Joe McGettigan, the manager.

Terence MacSwiney, the Lord Mayor of Cork and Commander of the Cork Brigade, died on the 74th day of his hunger strike in Brixton prison in England on Oct. 25, 1920. In addition to being a politician, he was a playwright and author.

The club has many pictures of MacSwiney and his funeral adorning its walls — as well as of other notable Irish and Irish American notables.

The mission statement of the club is to “extend our legacy and Irish and Irish American heritage throughout the U.S.”

Read more about The MacSwiney Club in the Irish Star.

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A centennial celebration of the loss of Terence MacSwiney.