What is "macswiney"

MacSwiney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Mary MacSwiney (1872–1942), Irish politician and educationalist
• Rev. Patrick MacSwiney (1885–1940), Irish Catholic priest and historian
• Seán MacSwiney, Irish Sinn Féin politician
• Terence MacSwiney (1879–1920), Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork during the Irish War of Independence, died on hunger strike in British jail