Laura McKee, also known as Captain Swing, is a commander in the Irish Republic Army. She leads a faction of fascist sympathizers within the IRA and is an ally of Oswald Mosley.
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Background[]
McKee is an Irish-Catholic fascist.
Series 5 · 1929[]
McKee, as Captain Swing, calls Thomas Shelby to inform him that her forces have captured Michael Gray in Ireland from forces trying to kill him while on his passage back to the United Kingdom from the United States. She offers to either kill or free Michael and Thomas asks for him to be freed, despite her insistence that Thomas should not trust him.
Series 6 · 1934[]
Once again in her role as Captain Swing, McKee calls Thomas following the failed assassination attempt on Oswald Mosley. She takes credit for its failure and the murders of Barney Thompson and Aberama Gold. Swing has their bodies delivered to Thomas’ home, along with a third, who she describes as Thomas’ “crutch.” Thomas unwraps this third body to find his aunt Polly Gray. McKee tells Thomas that Polly's death is his fault for "not knowing his limits."
McKee works with Jack Nelson and Oswald Mosley to "change the world." It's most likely that she is the one who supplies Nelson with Billy Grade's name. Alongside Nelson, McKee is engaged in an opium deal brokered through Thomas.
The IRA plans to kill Arthur Shelby as a favor to Jack in exchange for guns. Arthur gets revenge for Polly's murder when he kills McKee outside the Garrison Pub.
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