{"id":4162,"date":"2022-11-30T10:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T10:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/missing-women\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:13:28","slug":"missing-women","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/ga\/missing-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--#section-hero\" -->\r\n<section class=\"section-hero section-hero-internal section-first  bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Group-222.png);\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"mb-3 color-white\">Can You Identify the Missing Women? <br\/><span class=\"font-blackerProDisplay-light\"><i><\/i><\/span><\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<!--#section-contentpage\" -->\r\n<section class=\"section-contentpage bg-color-mnagreen\">\r\n\t<div id=\"about-block_04847436fc3a97c2ebea56d86bbfbaf1\" class=\"about\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt-4 pt-lg-5\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"color-mnagold mb-4\">Executive of Cumann <br\/><span class=\"color-black\"><i>na mBan February 1922<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 mb-0 mb-lg-4 font-blackerProDisplay-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>This photo shows 23 members of the Executive of Cumman na mBan. While we know who most of these women are, there are 4 who remain unidentified. Can you help us identify them?<\/h3>\n<p>At a special convention on 5 February 1922, Cumann na mBan rejected the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty with Great Britain and Ireland. Mary MacSwiney brought forward a resolution that reaffirmed allegiance to the Republic of Ireland. Jennie Wyse Power proposed an amendment to accept. 63 members voted in favour, while an overwhelming 419 voted against.<br \/>\nBelow we have them listed out row by row including the women we can\u2019t identify.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"hr-mnagold\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<style>\r\n\t.missing-women-stage { position:relative; }\r\n\t.stage-overlay-wrap { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; }\r\n\t.stage-overlay { opacity:0; transition:all 0.5s ease; }\r\n\t.stage-overlay.loaded { opacity:1; transition:all 0.5s ease; filter:blur(2px); }\r\n\t.missing-women-list li { font-family: 'foundersgrotesk_regular', sans-serif; font-size:18x; color:#FFF; margin-right:30px; margin-bottom:10px; position:relative; cursor:pointer; }\r\n\t.missing-women-list li.title { opacity:0.5; margin-right:10px; }\r\n\t.missing-women-list :not(li.title):hover { color:#f5ce0f; }\r\n\t.missing-women-list li:not(li.title):after { content:\"\"; position:absolute; top:50%; margin-top:0; right:-17px; height:5px; width:5px; border-radius:5px; background-color:#fff; }\r\n\t.missing-women-list li:last-child:after, .missing-women-list li:last-child:not(li.title):after  { display:none; }\r\n\t.section-speakers{ display:none; }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"section-contentpage bg-color-mnagreen d-none d-md-block pb-5\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container pt-4 pt-lg-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 missing-women-stage \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/app\/themes\/mna100\/resources\/assets\/images\/missing-women.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-overlay-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stage-overlay w-100 h-100\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 missing-women-list py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"d-flex flex-wrap list-unstyled\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"title\">Front Row Left to Right:<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"15\">Kate Breen<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"16\">Dr Adeline English<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"17\">\u00c1ine Ceannt<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"18\">Jennie Wyse Power<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"19\">Constance de Markievicz<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"20\">Nannie O\u2019Rahilly<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"21\">Mary MacSwiney<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"22\">Margaret Pearse<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"23\">Unidentified<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"title\">Second Row Left to Right:<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"7\">M\u00e1ire O\u2019Reilly<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"8\">M\u00e1ire Deegan<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"9\">\u00c9ilis Nic Eachnaidh<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"10\">Br\u00edd Connolly<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"11\">Unidentified<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"12\">Maureen McGavock<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"13\">Phyllis Ryan<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"14\">Unidentified<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"title\">Back Row Left to Right:<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"1\">Unidentified<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"2\">M\u00e1ire Comerford<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"3\">Sighle Humphreys<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"4\">Unidentified<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"5\">Josephine Ahearne<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-id=\"6\">Fiona Plunkett<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\t\t\r\n\r\n<script>\r\n\tfunction loadMissingWomen(){\r\n\t\tconsole.log('loaded');\r\n\t\t$('.missing-women-list li').on('mouseenter', function(){\r\n\t\t\tvar el = $(this);\r\n\t\t\tvar currentID = el.data('id');\r\n\t\t\tif(currentID!=undefined) {\r\n\t\t\t\t$('.stage-overlay').addClass('loaded').html('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/app\/themes\/mna100\/resources\/assets\/images\/missing-women\/MissingWomen'+currentID+'.png\">');\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t});\r\n\t\t$('.missing-women-list li').on('mouseleave', function(e){\r\n\t\t\t$('.stage-overlay').removeClass('loaded').html('');\r\n\t\t});\r\n\t}\r\n<\/script>\n\n\r\n<!--#section-contentpage\" -->\r\n<section class=\"section-contentpage bg-color-white\">\r\n\t<div id=\"about-block_1cd13c01b33a68e951e16b51d5206a02\" class=\"about\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container pt-4 pt-lg-5\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"color-mnagold mb-4\">Discover <br\/><span class=\"color-black\"><i>Faigh Amach<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 mb-0 mb-lg-4 font-blackerProDisplay-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Mna100 provides the Dictionary of Irish Biography entries for some of the best known women and for this centenary have also created new biographies of some of the lesser known women<\/h3>\n<p>Some of the women in the photograph were identified in the newspaper. Others identified by Sighle Humphries in her handwritten key, now in the collection of University College Dublin Archives .<br \/>\nDocuments in the Military Archives have a list of known members of the Executive. Link here are the names of the missing women contained in this document. Examine the photograph and see if you can help us identify them.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any suggestions please contact Mna100<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>100 Years on not all of the members of the Executive are identified. Mna100 has created new biographies of some of the lesser known women members<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\n<style>.section-speakers{ display:none; }<\/style>\n\n\n\r\n<!--#section-contentpage\" -->\r\n<section class=\"section-contentpage section-speakers py-0 bg-color-white\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container py-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"color-mnagold\">Front Row Left to Right  <br\/><span class=\"color-black\"><i><\/i><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Miss Breen<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Kate Breen<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kate Breen represented the Munster Branches of Cumann na mBan. She was described in her obituary in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irish Press <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as \u2018one of the foremost figures\u2019 in the \u2018new Ireland\u2019 and that \u2018gave her best to the nation and to the folk of her own county.\u2019\u00a0 The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evening Echo <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told their readers that even when her health broke down in the last 15 months of her life she \u2018wore out her abounding energy and zeal\u2019 and presided at her last meeting at the Board of Health on the 16 December 1937 and had her \u2018usual ability and grasp of detail.\u2019 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evening Echo, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">28 December 1937.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-1-300x38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-1-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-1-1024x131.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-1-768x98.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-1.jpg 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born Catherine Breen on 13 December 1869 in 15 High Street Killarney, County Kerry to Mary (n\u00e9e Scannell) and John Breen who at the time worked in the local Asylum. She was one of a family of 12, although the exact number of children has not been identified. Her father later became the Assistant Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-2-300x41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-2-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-2-1024x140.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-2-768x105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kate-breen-2.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She took an active part in the campaign of independence. She was held in Cork Jail for two weeks when she was arrested along with Lottie Foley, Etta Woods, Peggy Cahill and B. Gleeson (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryarchives.ie\/collections\/online-collections\/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921\/reels\/bmh\/BMH.WS0952.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bureau of Military History statement of Maurice Horgan BMH952<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). She opposed the acceptance of the Treaty and was interned for a period in Kilmainham Gaol.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She stood for election in the General Election of 1923 but was unsuccessful. She joined Fianna F\u00e1il in 1926. Appointed to the Executive, she represented Cumann na mBan. From 1926 she served as a member of Kerry County Council until her death in 1937. She stood for election to D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann in 1927 but was unsuccessful. She held positions such as the Chairman of the Kerry Board of Health, the Prices Commission and as a member of the Kerry Agricultural Committee and the Press Commission. She inaugurated a scheme for the purchase of labour cottages in Kerry. She was Vice-Chairman of the General Council of County Councils and a member of the Senate of the National University of Ireland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Ada English<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Dr Adeline English, Teachta D\u00e1la<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group-1.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs Kent<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">\u00c1ine Ceannt<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group-2.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Madame Markievicz<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\"> Teacha Dala, Constance de Markievicz<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group-3.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Madame O\u2019Rahilly<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Nannie O\u2019Rahilly<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group-4.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born in New York (see: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/humphrysfamilytree.com\/ORahilly\/brown.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Humphreysfamilytree.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> complied by Sheila Schneider) on 4 September 1875 as Annie Hickey Brown, she was known as Nannie, Nancy, Anna and Neans, the Irish form.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was one of five daughters Mary, Sadie, Margaret, Madeleine and Celie of John Brown who had been born in Ireland in 1805. He became the owner of a wool and linen business which traded under the title John Brown and sons. He had three sons, James, John and Robert.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nannie was educated in an Ursuline Convent in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Paris. In the summer of 1893 she met Michael O\u2019Rahilly (later known as Ua Rathghaille, The O\u2019Rahilly) at a party in County Kerry. They married in New York on 15 April 1899. Their first child, Robert (Bobby) was born in Philadelphia in 1900. In 1902 the family returned to Ireland. Bobby died of peritonitis aged 3, on 19 August 1903 in Bray, County Wicklow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-1-300x40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-1-300x40.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-1-1024x138.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-1-768x104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-1.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the next few years the couple lived in Ireland, where their second son was born in Dublin in 1903, he was named Richard Macalister, always known as Mac.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-2-300x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-2-300x39.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-2-1024x134.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-2-768x100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-2.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They moved to Paris and later London. Their third son Egan was born in Hove, Brighton, on 22 September 1904, he was always known by his name in Irish Aodog\u00e1n. They were back in the US in 1905 where a fourth son Niall was born on 3 January 1907.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1909 the family returned to Ireland on a permanent basis. The O\u2019Rahillys became involved in nationalist politics, and the Gaelic League. Nannie became proficient in the Irish language. Irish and French was spoken in their home. She was known as Madame O\u2019Rahilly. Her husband wrote for a number of publications and later became managing editor of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Claidheamh Soluis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1911 the family are recorded living at 40 Herbert Park. The census is filled in the Irish language, using the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.nationalarchives.ie\/reels\/nai000125672\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ua Rathghaille name.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Nannie gave birth to their fifth son, Maolmuire, known as Myles or Milo later that year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nannie joined Cumann na mBan when it was formed in 1914 and elected to its Executive. The O\u2019Rahilly, a founding member of The Irish Volunteers, was killed during the 1916 Rising. Their sixth son was born on 25 July 1916 at 40 Herbert Park, he was named Michael Joseph O\u2019Rahilly after his father but always known as Rory.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-3-300x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-3-300x39.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-3-1024x132.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-3-768x99.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nannie-orahilly-3.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1917 Nannie became the Vice President of Cumann na mBan and remained a public figure associated with that organisation from 1920-1922. She sat on the Executive Committee of the White Cross Organisation during the campaign of independence, travelling to America on behalf of the organisation. See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/centenary-moments\/toward-america\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toward America<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She acted on the winding up Commission in 1925. She remained as joint honorary treasurer of The Children\u2019s Relief Association until 1946, when the organisation completed its work. She was active in the Society of St Vincent de Paul.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was opposed to the acceptance of the Treaty. She was imprisoned briefly during the Civil War from 4-11 November 1922.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Miss McSwiney<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Teacha Dala, Mary MacSwiney<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group-5.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs Pearse<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Teacha Dala, Margaret Pearse<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group-6.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Unidentified<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Mrs Mulcahy identified by Sighle Humphreys<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group-7.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs Power <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Jennie Wyse Power<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group-8.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<!--#section-contentpage\" -->\r\n<section class=\"section-contentpage section-speakers py-0 bg-color-white\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container py-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"color-mnagold\">Second Row Left to Right <br\/><span class=\"color-black\"><i><\/i><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Miss O\u2019Reilly<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">M\u00e1ire O\u2019Reilly<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018She was always ready to shoulder extra burdens and she was never known to fail in any crisis.\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF60388.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mary O\u2019Reilly joined Cumann na mBan in 1917, and became a member of the Colmcille Branch, located in Blackhall Street, North West Dublin. She was attached to the First Battalion. Her brothers were members of \u2018A\u2019 company of the 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Battalion IRA. They were arrested in December 1920 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF60388.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Her sister Brigid was her superior officer and also served on the Executive of Cumann na mBan for a short time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mary O\u2019Reilly was appoint Adjutant of Cumann na mBan at a time when there was 75 members on the roll. Her tasks were drilling, first aid, making dressings and visiting prisoners in Mountjoy Jail. She was involved in reporting to the District Council weekly, there she received instructions for her organising work. \u00a0 She was also involved in moving arms and ammunition to and from Aughrim Street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was considered \u2018one of the most active members of her unit.\u2019 During this period she worked in Sibleys, Stationary Shop, 51 Grafton Street. She lost her job at the end of 1918. No reason given, but it is mentioned in her pension files, so it was likely that it was a result of her political activities. She was unemployed for three months. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF60388.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In April 1919 she became paid Secretary to the Republican Prisoners\u2019 Dependents Committee which occupied the same office as the Cumann na mBan Headquarters. She was available at all times for Cumann na mBan, giving full-time service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was appointed to the Executive of Cumann na mBan in October 1919, in place of Lily O\u2019Brennan.\u00a0 She became an organiser in Wicklow and Carlow. She went to inspect and organise branches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was Co-Treasurer of Cumann na mBan Organisation from 1920-1922. After the Treaty she said she played no active part, elsewhere she says she was active up to May 1922.\u00a0 She took no part in the Civil War. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF60388.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">M\u00e1ire never married. She lived with her sister Brigid, who was also a spinster. She worked in the Civil Service in the 1930s and 1940s in the Department of Local Government and Public Health (National Health Insurance). Her office was in the Customs House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was awarded a pension in 1946. She lived in her later years at 276 North Circular Road, Dublin.\u00a0 She died aged 68 on 18th April 1958 in Dublin Airport. The exact circumstance of her death are unknown. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly\/MSP34REF60388%20Maire%20O'Reilly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF60388<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mary-o-reilly-300x38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mary-o-reilly-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mary-o-reilly-1024x128.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mary-o-reilly-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mary-o-reilly.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Miss Dugan<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">M\u00e1ire Deegan<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018She never failed to carry out all the orders, never faltered or failed, either in courage or reliability.\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R5\/MSP34REF21162%20Maire%20Deegan\/MSP34REF21162%20Maire%20Deegan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF21162<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">M\u00e1ire Deegan was from County Wexford, she gave her address as Brideswell, Craanford, Askamore, Wexford. The daughter of Mary and James Deegan, she was from a family of eleven.\u00a0 She moved to Dublin, and she began working in a shop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was a member of Central Branch of Cumann na mBan, which she had joined on 15 February 1916.\u00a0 She was in Wexford for the Easter Holidays when she heard of the Rising and she cycled to Dublin. She reported to Jacob\u2019s Factory but she was unknown to those in the garrison. She awaited orders at her cousins\u2019 home in Wicklow Street. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R5\/MSP34REF21162%20Maire%20Deegan\/MSP34REF21162%20Maire%20Deegan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF21162<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the Rising she was involved with the National Aid and the Prisoners\u2019 Dependents\u2019 Fund. She was part of the reorganisation of Cumann na mBan attached to the branch in Parnell Square. She was involved in electioneering in the General Election of 1918. During this period she was working in a sweet shop on George\u2019s Street, and it was there that all the Cumann na mBan typed reports that were produced in Foley\u2019s Typewriter Business in College Green were deposited there, according to Nancy Wyse Power. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryarchives.ie\/collections\/online-collections\/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921\/reels\/bmh\/BMH.WS0587.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nancy Wyse Power, BMH Witness Statement 587<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1919 she opened a grocery shop in partnership with her friend M\u00e1ire O\u2019Neill. It was called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An Stad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> located at 95 Upper Dorset Street and became \u2018post office for the IRA\u2019 for messages from all over the country, the messages were for both the IRA and D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryarchives.ie\/collections\/online-collections\/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921\/reels\/bmh\/BMH.WS0887.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c1ine N\u00ed Riain, BMH Witness Statement 887<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was Commanding Officer of Cumann na mBan in Parnell Square. The Ryan sisters \u00c1ine and \u00c9ilis were attached to that branch, as well as Mary Rigney. M\u00e1ire Deegan was involved in getting a cottage for Cumann na mBan in Howth in 1919. She was 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Lieutenant, who both the Ryan sisters reported to. M\u00e1ire Deegan was involved in the first session of D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann at the Mansion House, she was able to get \u00c1ine Ryan a ticket to attend. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryarchives.ie\/collections\/online-collections\/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921\/reels\/bmh\/BMH.WS0887.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c1ine N\u00ed Riain, BMH Witness Statement 887<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In February 1919 when Kathleen Clarke was released from prison, M\u00e1ire was one of those who was part of the welcoming reception for her hosted at the Gresham Hotel, identified by her family in the photograph from that event. Image <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">KIlmainham Gaol, 19 PO-1A33-29.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The shop on Dorset Street also held all the papers for the D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann Ministry of Labour whose Minister was Countess Constance de Markievicz. She also worked closely with Markievicz and according to her family she was a confidante. See: Dan Walsh, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Our Time, Women in the 1916 Rising<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Wexford Echo, 15 April 1916, a transcript of the article can be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/djdc.ie\/NewFamilySite\/Maire_Deegan.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Her Black and Tan medal, (image on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo\/M%C3%A1ire-Deegan.html?imgt=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alamy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has two bars showing active service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was close to all the prominent women of the period. In an account by Bridie O\u2019Mullane, M\u00e1ire Deegan apprehended a woman who had infiltrated Cumann na mBan as a spy, gave her a warning before sending her out of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">M\u00e1ire took her share out of the shop in Dorset Street. In June 1921 she was ordered by Cumann na mBan to leave Dublin and become an organizer in her native Wexford. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R5\/MSP34REF21162%20Maire%20Deegan\/MSP34REF21162%20Maire%20Deegan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF21162<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was co-opted into the Executive of Cumann na mBan in October 1920. She was re-elected in 1921. In October 1921 she became a full time official at the Headquarters of Cumann na mBan (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R5\/MSP34REF21162%20Maire%20Deegan\/MSP34REF21162%20Maire%20Deegan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF21162<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> letter from Leslie Bean de Barra, 10 July 1937).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She opposed the Treaty. She was active in the fighting. According to \u00c1ine n\u00cd Riain \u2018went everywhere with the fighting men\u2019 but came back to Dublin often. When the fighting took place at the centre of Dublin in July 1922, she had made her way from Wexford to take part. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryarchives.ie\/collections\/online-collections\/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921\/reels\/bmh\/BMH.WS0887.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c1ine N\u00ed Riain BMH Witness Statement 887<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). She was stationed at Barry\u2019s Hotel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was Director of Intelligence for Cumann na mBan from 1922. She was arrested on 14 November 1922, when she was arrested it was described as \u2018a loss\u2019. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryarchives.ie\/collections\/online-collections\/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921\/reels\/bmh\/BMH.WS0887.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00c1ine N\u00ed Riain, BMH Witness Statement 887<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). M\u00e1ire was imprisoned in Mountjoy Jail, Kilmainham Gaol and the North Dublin Union. She was part of the command structure within the prison. She was put in charge of hygiene, which was very important in the NDU as women were getting sick from the conditions to which they were subjected. She was one of the 22 women who escaped from the detention centre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She continued in Cumann na mBan and continued as Director of Intelligence until 1927. Yet when she was interviewed she states that she called a convention of Cumann na mBan but did not do anything else. When asked did they not come looking for her after her release, she said \u2018No. They probably had enough of me.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was in ill health following her imprisonment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She later worked in the Hospital Trust (The Irish Sweepstakes).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was awarded a pension in 1938.\u00a0 In her final years she lived at 113 St Stephen\u2019s Green. Due to her ill health, she was moved to Baggot Street Hospital. There on 2 May she discovered that her father had died on 2 May. She died the following day on 3 May 1939 aged 51.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/maire-deegan-300x40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/maire-deegan-300x40.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/maire-deegan-1024x136.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/maire-deegan-768x102.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/maire-deegan.jpg 1141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Members of Old Cumann na mBan lined the route from the hospital to the Carmelite Church on Clarendon Street. The coffin was draped with the Tricolour.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She is buried in Askamore Cemetery, County Wexford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Miss Aughney<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">\u00c9ilis Nic Eachnaidh<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born 5 January 1898 in Roscat (also given as Roscott), Tullowbeg, County Carlow to Patrick Aughney a farmer and his wife Maryanne, nee Dargan. She was named Elizabeth, she was known as Lizzie as a child. She was one of six children, five girls and one boy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/elizabeth-augney-300x41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/elizabeth-augney-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/elizabeth-augney-1024x138.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/elizabeth-augney-768x104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/elizabeth-augney.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was educated in University College Dublin where she received her teacher\u2019s diploma. She also received an MA. She graduated in 1919. From September 1920 she was employed in Scoil Brighde, Miss Gavan Duffy\u2019s school. The school taught through the medium of Irish and she was known as \u00c9ilis Nic Eachnaidh or Eil\u00eds Aughney.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eil\u00eds was part of the University Branch of Cumann na mBan, joined late in 1919. Elsewhere she states it was early in 1920 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R5\/MSP34REF38786%20Eilish%20Aughney\/MSP34REF38786%20Eilish%20Aughney.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF38786<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> As well as doing what is described as \u2018routine work\u2019 she also stored papers for the Director of Propaganda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She founded the local branch of Cumann na mBan in Tullow, County Carlow. Eil\u00eds visited Tullow three times a year, and when she was there she was involved in organising.\u00a0 She was also involved in organising in Longford. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R5\/MSP34REF38786%20Eilish%20Aughney\/MSP34REF38786%20Eilish%20Aughney.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF38786<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She became a member of the Executive of Cumann na mBan on 3 May 1921 and worked in the office of 27 Dawson Street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1922 she was still active in Cumann na mBan and involved in intelligence work, and the transportation of weapons. She became an Honorary Secretary in February 1922 and her name was printed on many circulars during this period.\u00a0 She was on active service in Tullow (she was at home during the holidays) after the attack on the Four Courts. She maintained a line of communication for the Southern Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In her support letter Leslie Bean de Barra wrote: \u2018The fact that she was so active during the telling periods of the fight and was not arrested speaks for itself.\u2019 Letter to the Pension Board, 26 April 1938. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R5\/MSP34REF38786%20Eilish%20Aughney\/MSP34REF38786%20Eilish%20Aughney.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF38786<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1923 she worked in the office giving as much time as a paid official. In her pension application she stated her home was also available to men on the run. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R5\/MSP34REF38786%20Eilish%20Aughney\/MSP34REF38786%20Eilish%20Aughney.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF38786\u00a0 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She resigned from Cumann na mBan in 1924.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1938 she applied for a pension, she was not awarded the full amount at this time. She made a successful appeal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1940s she was appointed to the Agricultural Wages Board as a neutral member.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was living at 19 Ely Place Dublin and 72 Merrion Square in the 1930s. She worked as an assistant to the Professor of Education in University College Dublin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was active in Old Cumann na mBan and a member of the Countess Markievicz Memorial Committee in the 1950s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was also one of the members of Cumann na mBan who actively collected the records of the organisation, which it was hoped would form the basis of a history of the organisation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her final years were spent living in Terenure. She died on 21 May 1982.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Miss Connolly<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Br\u00edd Connolly<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018She was a very live wire. She was particularly active during that period\u2019 Margaret Loo Kennedy. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R2\/MSP34REF3977BridConnolly\/WMSP34REF3977BridConnolly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF3977<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bridget (also known as Breege or Br\u00edd) Connolly was born in Friarstown County Carlow on 23 May 1890. Her parents were Peter Connolly and Elizabeth Gaynor. Her father Peter was listed as a labourer.\u00a0 By 1911 the family had moved to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.nationalarchives.ie\/reels\/nai000026712\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dublin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the family lived in Kilmore, Artane. Bridget was working as a school mistress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/brid-connolly-300x42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/brid-connolly-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/brid-connolly-1024x142.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/brid-connolly-768x107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/brid-connolly.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was a member of Central Branch of Cumann na mBan which she joined in 1915. She took part in the 1916 Rising. She was as a courier between the GPO and the Four Courts. PH Pearse asked her on Friday of Easter Week to take charge of the women that had been in the GPO and lead them to safety. She was briefly arrested and held in Broadstone Station.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R2\/MSP34REF3977BridConnolly\/WMSP34REF3977BridConnolly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> MSP34REF3977<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following Easter Week she searched the hospital and wrote to anyone who thought could help to find the whereabouts of Paddy Shortis. She had been his girlfriend. He had been killed in the retreat from the GPO.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women_Of_1916_FINAL-002.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">See: Mn\u00e1 1916-2016 for images.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She became a Captain in Cumann na mBan in 1919. Secretary of the Branch from 1920. Following the Rising she stored guns, and was involved in the transport of weapons. She was active in Anti-Conscription. She secured safe houses and was involved in the fund raising and looking after dependants of those imprisoned. She was a clerk in the D\u00e1il Courts \u2013 the Coolock and Raheny District Courts 1920-1922. She was organising secretary to Sinn F\u00e9in in North County Dublin from 1918-1923. She was involved in carrying messages for Michael Collins. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R2\/MSP34REF3977BridConnolly\/WMSP34REF3977BridConnolly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF3977<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She became a member of the Executive of Cumann na mBan in October 1921. She was appointed at the Convention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She established a branch of Cumann na mBan in Portrane. She was involved in reorganisation in Skerries, and inspected branches in Laois and Offaly during this period. She also established a camp in Artane during the Truce period. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R2\/MSP34REF3977BridConnolly\/WMSP34REF3977BridConnolly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF3977<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was Anti-Treaty. Following the attack on Four Courts she was attached to the post at Barry\u2019s Hotel and Tara Hall. She rendered first aid under fire. She purchased weapons and was involved in the supply and transportation of them and also involved in communications. She undertook the distribution of messages throughout Ireland.\u00a0 She was on the run during this period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was arrested in March 1923 and imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail. She was transferred to the North Dublin Union. She was prison Adjutant. She underwent two hunger-strikes. She was one of the last female prisoners released in November 1923.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R2\/MSP34REF3977BridConnolly\/WMSP34REF3977BridConnolly.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF3977<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bridget remained unmarried. In her later years she lived in Whitehall. She died on 15 November 1981. She is buried in the Connolly family plot in Grange, Co Carlow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Unidentified<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Alice Mullans<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018\u2026 unrivalled record of national service, and her unqualified devotion to the men who in Ulster fought under such difficulties.\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF508<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her mother\u2019s family were described as an Old Monaghan family. Her mother was a sister of Canon Quigley. They were from Killycoona in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.nationalarchives.ie\/reels\/nai003141446\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newbliss<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1917 Miss Alice Cashel of Cumann na mBan Executive asked Alice Mullan to form a local branch of Cumann na mBan. Alice Mullan became an organiser and visited Castleblaney, Newbliss, Clonibret, Treemilehouse, Middletown, Cootehill and Corcaghan. She also set up branches in Armagh and Cavan. She set up 9 branches in total, this was at her own expense. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF508<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her sister Dympna [<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R11\/MSP34REF44730%20Dympna%20O'Halloran\/MSP34REF44730%20Dympna%20O'Halloran.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">later Mrs O\u2019Halloran MSP34REF44730<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">] and her cousins Annie and Nora Quigley were also members of Cumann na mBan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the campaign of independence she was involved in nursing the wounded, catering for officers, visiting local jails as well as prisoners in Belfast Jail, Ballykinlar and Mountjoy Jail in Dublin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Owen Keenan was wounded in a raid for arms on 30 August 1920 he was brought to what was described as \u2018Alice Mullan\u2019s house on Market Street, Monaghan\u2019. In the reports it was stated this was done with the consent of her \u2018patriotic father\u2019.\u00a0 Owen Keenan was nursed by Dympna, who was a student nurse at home on holidays, but he was badly wounded and he died from his wounds two weeks later.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF508<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was appointed to the Executive of Cumann na mBan. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF508<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She voted to accept the Treaty. She became a member of the Executive Council along with Mrs Wyse Power, Mrs Stopford Green, Mrs Blythe, Mrs O\u2019Shea Leamy, Mrs Sean Connolly, Mrs Griffith, Mrs M Hayes, Mrs Mulcahy, Mrs O\u2019Daly, Miss Shaw, Mrs John MacNeill, Mrs Costello, Miss Gavan Duffy, Miss McGilligan, Miss Kathleen Brown (Wexford) Miss O\u2019Sullivan, Miss Spring Rice, Mrs Curran and Mrs Wordsworth.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/centenary-moments\/centenary-of-the-formation-of-cumann-na-saoirse-with-a-focus-on-jennie-wyse-power\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Formation of Cumann na Saorise film<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She remained active in politics for the Cumann na nGaedheal party and in 1927 she attended a meeting for the candidates for the General Election, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anglo Celt, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">September 10 1927.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She lived at 40 Park Street, Monaghan Town. In 1942 she was awarded a pension.\u00a0 From 1930s to 1950s she worked as a clerk for Monaghan County Council. In 1955 she resigned her position as a clerk in Monaghan County Council, as she described she had reached the age limit. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF508<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1951 along with her cousin Nora (Analore, Kileevan) and her sister Dympna (Kileevan) they attended the unveiling of the memorial to Keenan. Alice Mullan represented Cumann na mBan at a number of events over the years such as An Tostal festival, 1953.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1959 she was Honorary Secretary of the Monaghan County IRA Veterans and Cumann na mBan Association Memorial Committee which had been formed to raise monuments to those \u2018men and women of the county which took part in the struggle for national independence.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1959 she was living on Clones Road in Monaghan but by the end of the 1960s she had moved to live at Beech Hill Convent, Monaghan. She died there on 18 July 1972. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie\/docs\/files\/PDF_Pensions\/R6\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan\/MSP34REF508%20Alice%20Mullan.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MSP34REF508<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Miss McTavock<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Maureen McGavock, later Mrs Beaumont<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs Barry<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Leslie Price, Mrs Tom Barry<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs P Ryan<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Miss Phyllis Ryan, later Bean Ui Cheallaig<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<!--#section-contentpage\" -->\r\n<section class=\"section-contentpage section-speakers py-0 bg-color-white\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container py-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"color-mnagold\">Back Row Left to right <br\/><span class=\"color-black\"><i><\/i><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Unidentified<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Una Gordon<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Mask-group.png); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born Winifred Cassidy on 31 December 1878 in Enniskillen County Fermanagh to Anthony Cassidy a wholesale grocer and farmer and his wife Jane McGurgan. There were eleven children born to the Cassidys, only four survived to adulthood, including her brother Louis b.1877, he went to be a doctor, and served as Master of the Coombe Maternity Hospital from 1921-1928. After her father retired he purchased the house and lands at the Graan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winnie was married on 30 January 1901 to Patrick Gordon, a sub inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary, from Frenchpark, Roscommon who was nine years her senior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-1-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-1-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-1-1024x358.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-1-768x268.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-1.jpg 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By 1903 Patrick had been promoted to district inspector. They moved to Cork and were living in Church Street, Dunmanway, County Cork where their daughter, Aileen Jane was born on 16 September 1903.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-2-300x42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-2-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-2-1024x144.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-2-768x108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-2.jpg 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patrick moved again to New Ross, Wexford. In 1911 Winnie was living with her widowed mother in Pembroke Street, Dublin and she notes the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/222926622\/aileen-jane-gordon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">death<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of her daughter, but no registration of her death can be located. Her husband died the following year aged 41 on 14 November 1912 at Rosemount Cottage, New Ross.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-3-300x34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-3-300x34.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-3-1024x115.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-3-768x86.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-3.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The death of her father Anthony left Winnie with independent means. The young widow went to Paris and when war started she volunteered as a member of the American Ambulance service. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Obituary, unidentified news cutting, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4 October 1950<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-4-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-4-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-4.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her brother was serving in the 30<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Field Ambulance during world war one and served in Macedonia and France. Following the 1916 Rising she nursed the wounded in the Royal Hospital, Baggot Street.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She attended masses for the executed leaders of 1916, she visited the Pearse family and also Michael Mallin\u2019s widow Agnes. Now known as \u00dana Gordon, she joined the Cumann na mBan, Ranelagh Branch and was active in the Campaign of Independence, providing safe houses for those on the run. One of those who stayed in her home in 167 Strand Road was Austin Stack, from 1919 to 1922. He was often imprisoned during this time. Correspondence between them can be found in National Library of Ireland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She opposed the acceptance of the terms of the Treaty negotiated in London (as did Austin Stack). She was imprisoned during the Civil War for a period of nine months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She married Augustine Austin Stack on 10 August 1925. Their marriage was short lived, as Austin Stack died, aged 49, on 27 April 1929 at the Mater Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-5-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-5-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-5-1024x496.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-5-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/una-gordon-5.jpg 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the mid-1920s she was collecting for Irish Prisoners National Aid. She was deeply concerned with children\u2019s welfare and worked with Dr Kathleen Lynn and St Ultan\u2019s Hospital. She was also involved with an Infants\u2019 Aid Society co-founded by her brother. She was involved in the established in the playground in Foley Street, Dublin. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Women_Of_1916_FINAL-002.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">See: Mna 1916-2016 for entry on her. <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winifred Stack died 3 October 1950 aged 72 at 167 Strand Road. She is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs F Plunkett<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Miss Fiona Plunkett<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The youngest daughter of Count and Countess Plunkett, George Noble Plunkett and Mary Josephine n\u00e9e Cranny (known as Josephine). Born in 26 Upper FitzWilliam Street on 21 January 1896 she was named after her mother Josephine Mary, she was always known as Fiona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fiona-plunkett-300x38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fiona-plunkett-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fiona-plunkett-1024x130.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fiona-plunkett-768x98.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fiona-plunkett.jpg 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her father\u2019s profession was given as barrister at law. During her childhood, her father was director of the National Museum of Ireland.\u00a0 She was the second youngest of a family of seven, her brother Jack was born the following year. From 1900 the children lived (except Joseph who was ill) in 17 Marlborough Road, although on occasion they lived in Wicklow and in Kilternan Abbey in County Dublin to avail of the healthy surrounding of the countryside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her early schooling is undocumented but in 1912 she was sent to school at Bon Secours in Holyhead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She worked in Liberty Hall during the lockout distributing free food. She was in Central Branch of Cumann na mBan from 1914. Her eldest brother Joseph was executed for his part in the 1916 rising. Her other brothers George and Jack were also out in the Rising and were imprisoned. During the 1916 Rising the Plunkett home at Fitzwilliam Street was made ready for the wounded. She went with her parents to Oxford when they were deported there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When she returned she was secretary at Cumann na mBan headquarters. She was also active in electioneering for her father when he won the North Roscommon bye-election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was an adjutant in Cumann na mBan and was a section commander.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was Anti-Treaty and was active in the Hamman Hotel\/Tara Hall during the \u2018Battle of Dublin\u2019 in the summer of 1922. During Civil War she was arrested in Mayo for possession of anti-government literature and a map. She was imprisoned in Galway before she was transferred to Kilmainham Gaol. She was OC in Kilmainham Jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She remained opposed to the Irish Free State. She was imprisoned in 1926 and again the following year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was engaged three times but never married, and remained living with her parents, during the 1920s in Elgin Road, Dublin. (Honor O\u2019Brolchain, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All in the Blood, A Memoir of the Plunkett family, the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence by Geraldine Plunkett Dillion, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A.&amp;A. Farmer, 2006.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the 1930s she was a member of the executive of Cumann na mBan. In 1938 she joined a committee alongside Sighle Humphreys now Mrs O\u2019Donoghue, Bridie O\u2019Mullane, Lou Kennedy, Eileen McCavill, Rose McNamara, \u00c1ine Heron, \u00c9ilis O\u2019Connell, M\u00e1ire Twamley and Mollie Hyland to write a book on Cumann na mBan <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irish Press, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">18 February 1938.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1939 she was arrested and imprisoned again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She lived with her mother until her mother\u2019s death in 1944. The Plunkett family owned a number of properties so Fiona was independently wealthy. She lived a nomadic existence during the remainder of her life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1976 she was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for the holding of a public meeting organised for provisional Sinn F\u00e9in in O\u2019Connell Street to mark the 60<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> anniversary of the 1916 Rising. The alternative was a fine, she got a receipt to indicate that someone had paid the fine without her knowledge. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irish Press, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">14 July 1977.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In her obituary in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irish Press, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">14 July 1977<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, it noted \u2018She had a talent for fine wool work, embroidery, hand weaving, and the making of carpets, vestments and tapestry. Her work became a feature in Dublin houses in her time and much was exported.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was buried in Glasnevin. Cumann na mBan provided a colour party, alongside Fianna \u00c9ireann members. Her coffin was draped by a tricolour.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs Sighle Humphreys<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Miss Sighle Humphreys<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs Josephine Ahearne<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Miss Josephine Ahearne<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Unidentified<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Unidentified<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs M\u00e1ire Comerford<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Miss M\u00e1ire Comerford<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<!--#section-contentpage\" -->\r\n<section class=\"section-contentpage section-speakers py-0 bg-color-white\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container py-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"color-mnagold\">Executive Members included in this list who could be unidentified women in the list? <br\/><span class=\"color-black\"><i><\/i><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs Margaret Skinnider<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Miss Margaret Skinnider<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs Madge Daly<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Miss Madge Daly<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born on Henry Street, Limerick in February 1877 into a prominent Fenian family. She was the second eldest daughter of Edward Daly and his wife Catherine O\u2019Meara.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-1-300x42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-1-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-1-1024x142.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-1-768x107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-1.jpg 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She had eight sisters and one brother Edward (known as Ned). Her father took part in the 1867 Fenian Rising alongside his brother John. The death of the 41 year old Harbour Weightmaster in 1890 ended the childhood of the eldest three girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-2-300x37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-2-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-2-1024x127.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-2-768x95.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mna100.ie\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/madge-daly-2.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her brother Edward Daly was later Commandant of the 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Dublin Battalion of the Irish Volunteers. Her sister Kathleen married Tom Clarke. Both Edward and Tom were executed for their part in the 1916 Rising.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Named Margaret, after her Daly grandmother, she was always known as Madge. She was academically gifted and for a time she worked as a teacher in school where she had been a pupil, the Presentation Convent in Sexton Street. She was trained as a Milliner in Cannock\u2019s Department Store in Limerick City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.nationalarchives.ie\/reels\/nai000998890\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By 1901<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the head of the household was Uncle John, who was then Mayor of Limerick, also residing in the home was her grandmother Margaret Daly, 90, her daughter Ellen, Madge\u2019s mother Catherine, her eight sisters and her brother.\u00a0 By then she had joined the staff of her Uncle\u2019s bakery in William Street. She took over the running of the business when he became ill. She maintained a highly successful business for the remainder of her working life. It is said that it was her business acumen that made the family wealthy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madge Daly joined Maud Gonne\u2019s Daughters of Ireland (Inghinidhe na h\u00c9ireann) in 1900. She was a founding member of Cumann na mBan in Limerick. She was appointed as the first President of the Cumann na mBan branch in Limerick City upon its foundation in 1914.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By 1921, as Madge described through their \u2018own industry\u2019 she purchased \u2018Ardeevin\u2019 on the Ennis Road. The business by then had a bakery, a confectionary business and a flour business on Sarsfield Street. The Dalys were subjected to continuous raids both in their home and business during the revolutionary period. They were fined, their premises were set on fire. On 9 April 1921 the family were subjected to a brutal and violent attacked by masked and armed men. The content of their home was burnt by military order. The Dalys were only able to save photographs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She played an active role in Cumann na mBan during the revolutionary period, fund-raising, arranging safe-houses, and issuing propaganda, amongst other activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madge was actively involved in the White Cross and the American Commission for Relief in Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was opposed to the Treaty and during the fighting in Limerick in July of 1922 she was one of the last to leave New Barracks which had been occupied by Anti-Treaty forces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madge Daly retired as President of the Limerick branch of Cumann na mBan in 1924.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1930s Madge was involved in the establishment of the Limerick Shoe Company. The family moved to a larger house with gardens, Tivoli on the North Circular Road. During the Emergency, due to Madge\u2019s declining health, the family decided to move to Dublin to be close to specialist treatment. Madge died there in 21 January 1969 aged 91. She is buried in Mount Saint Lawrence Cemetery in Limerick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her papers including an unpublished memoir form part of the Daly Papers in the special collections at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ul.ie\/library\/explore-collections\/archives\/daly-papers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glucksman Library, University of Limerick.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<!--#section-contentpage\" -->\r\n<section class=\"section-contentpage section-speakers py-0 bg-color-white\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container py-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"color-mnagold\">Elsewhere \u2013 Executive Members of Cumann na mBan included  <br\/><span class=\"color-black\"><i><\/i><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-xl-4 other-moments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 h-100 d-table other-moments-border px-2 py-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"color-black\">Mrs \u00c1ine O\u2019Rahilly<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"color-mnagold speaker-title\">Miss \u00c1ine O\u2019Rahilly<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ml-auto bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(); width:75px; height:75px; border-radius:50%;\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 smaller speaker-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anna O\u2019Rahilly (also known as \u00c1ine, Annie and Anno) was the daughter of Richard Rahilly and Ellen Mangan, prosperous shopkeepers in Ballylongford, County Kerry. Her father also had established a prosperous import and distribution business and made successful investments on the stock market. Her siblings who survived to adulthood included her older sister Mary Ellen (Nell) b.1971 and her younger brother Michael (b.1875) began using O\u2019Rahilly, and later used the name The O\u2019Rahilly for himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When their father Richard O\u2019Rahilly died in 1896, he left his family well off. Following the death of her father, Anna and her widowed mother moved to Ardnacrusha, close to Limerick City where Ellen lived. She married David Humphreys an eye surgeon in 1895.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anna and her mother lived in Quinsborough House, a large Georgian house which had been built for the Uncle of the 1st Earl of Dunraven. Anna ran the farm, and was part of the country set. Ellen was then living at 18 The Crescent. She had three children Richard (Dick) b.1896, Margaret (always known as Sighle) b.1899 and Emmet b.1902. When David Humphreys died of TB in 1903, Nell and her children moved to live in Quinsborough House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1909 Anna (\u00c1ine N\u00ed Rathghaille) and her sister (Eibhlin U\u00ed Amhlaoibh) and her family moved to Dublin to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.nationalarchives.ie\/reels\/nai000126053\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">54 Northumberland Road, Dublin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Their brother Michael, his wife Nannie and their family were by then living in Dublin. Anna immediately became involved in nationalist activities. She was a member of the Gaelic League and a member of Sinn F\u00e9in. Anna contributed large sums to various nationalist causes. Anna was involved in the support of the Irish National Aid Association (from 1901). She funded Irish language schools, including St Endas. [<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucd.ie\/archives\/collections\/depositedcollections\/items\/collectionname,235170,en.html#accordion2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evidence of her involvement can be found in papers in University College Dublin Archives, P106<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">]<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Her niece Sighle attributed her later activism to her aunt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the 1916 Rising, Michael, \u2018The O\u2019Rahilly\u2019, a founding member of the Volunteer was out in the Rising. Michael was shot in Moore Street. The Humphreys home was identified by the British authorities as a home of activists, and it was raided. Nell was arrested and held in the Royal Dublin Society for a number of days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For 1917 Anna was honorary Treasurer of the Patriot Graves Association. She was involved in the electioneering during the General Election, 1918. Anna became a member of the Executive Cumann na mBan, and was the Treasurer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All members of the household opposed the acceptance of the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In November 1922 Ernie O\u2019Malley was captured in their home, which was then 36 Ailesbury Road. During the raid Anna was injured. She was taken to hospital and then to prison, she was in Mountjoy Jail, Kilmainham Jail and the North Dublin Union. Nell and Sighle were also arrested. Nell was released in July 1923. Anna (and her niece Sighle) were among the last to be released from prison on 29 November 1923.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anna was a member of the O\u2019Rahilly Sinn F\u00e9in Club in Donnybrook until she resigned from the organisation in 1926. 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