He was educated by the Christian Brothers at the North Monastery school in Cork city , but left at fifteen to help support the family .
MacSwiney 's mother , Mary Wilkinson , was an English Catholic with strong Irish nationalist opinions .
MacSwiney was educated by the Christian Brothers at the North Monastery school in Cork city , but left at fifteen to help support the family .
MacSwiney 's mother , Mary Wilkinson , was an English Catholic with strong Irish nationalist opinions .