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Irish. Occupation (s) Midwife, nurse. Known for. The delivery of the surrender of the rebels during the Easter Rising. Elizabeth O'Farrell ( Irish: Éilís Ní Fhearghail; 5 November 1883 – 25 June 1957) [ 1] was an Irish nurse, republican and member of Cumann na mBan, best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Margaret Skinnider. Margaret Frances Skinnider (28 May 1892 – 10 October 1971) [1] was a revolutionary and feminist born in Coatbridge, Scotland. She fought during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin as a sniper, among other roles, and was the only woman wounded in the action. As a scout, she was praised for her bravery. [2]
Lily Kempson (17 January 1897 – 21 January 1996) was an Irish revolutionary who took part in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Born Elizabeth Anne Kempson in County Wicklow, Ireland, she is remembered as an trade union activist and lecturer, as well as an insurrectionist in the Irish Citizen Army. She was the last surviving participant of the ...
Helena Molony. Helena Mary Molony (15 January 1883 – 29 January 1967) was a prominent Irish republican, feminist and labour activist. [1] She fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and later became the second woman president of the Irish Trades Union Congress. [2]
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.
Orna Ross is the pen name of Aine McCarthy, born 1960. She is an Irish author, former literary agent, blogger and an advocate for creativism. She is the founder of the Alliance for Independent Authors, a professional association for authors who self-publish their work, and has been named one of the top 100 most influential people in publishing by The Bookseller, the UK publishing trade magazine.
Purpose. To announce separation from the United Kingdom. The Proclamation of the Republic ( Irish: Forógra na Poblachta ), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ( Irish: Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Hurries, [ 6] 1798 Rebellion [ 7]) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen.