Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland
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Gill, Máire, 1891-1977
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Máire (Mollie) Gill was born on March 24, 1891, and lived in Murphystown, County Dublin, Ireland. She was one of seven children. At the age of seventeen, she went to work at the Dun Emer Press as an assistant to Elizabeth Corbet Yeats. That same year, Elizabeth and her sister, Lily Yeats, left Dun Emer Press to set up Cuala Industries, which included a printing shop and an embroidery shop, and Gill went with them to continue her work as an assistant printer. She took Irish lessons and attended t...
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...
Yeats family
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The Yeats family contributed to Irish culture through art, literature and craftsmanship. John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) was a prolific artist. On September 10, 1863, John married Susan Pollexfen, and they had six children: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Susan Mary "Lily" Yeats (1866-1949), Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats (1868-1940), Robert Corbet Yeats (1870-1873), Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957), and Jane Grace Yeats (1875-1876). William Butler Yeats was an accomplished poet, dramatist, wri...
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940
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Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (known by her family as “Lolly”) was born on March 11, 1868, in London, the third surviving child of John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen. In the 1880s she began writing and contributed to The Pleiades, an amateur magazine she created with friends. She completed training as a kindergarten teacher in 1892 and taught art for several years afterwards. She also published four popular painting manuals during this time. In 1900, Yeats and her family moved from London to Du...
Cuala Press
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Founded by Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, the Cuala Press was established in 1902. It operated under the name Dun Emer Press until 1908 when the name changed to Cuala Press. Besides providing works for publication, William Butler Yeats also served as both an editor and adviser for the press. After the death of Elizabeth Yeats in 1940, the work was continued under the management of Bertha Georgie Yeats (the wife of W. B. Yeats). The Cuala Press published its last book in 1946 and would issue only note...
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957
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Irish artist and author. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats papers, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982120 Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish painter and illustrator. He was the younger brother of the poet, William Butler Yeats. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517346 From the guide to the Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, 1899-1955, (The New Yor...
Sheehy-Skeffington, Hanna, 1877-1946
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Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington was born on May 24, 1877, in County Cork, Ireland to parents David Sheehy and Elizabeth "Bessie" McCoy. Her father was an Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament. She married Francis Skeffington in 1903, and had a son, Owen, in 1909. As supporters of women’s rights, the Sheehy-Skeffingtons co-founded the Irish Women’s Franchise League, a militant suffrage organization, in 1908. Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington was also one of the founding members of the Irish Women’s Work...
Gonne, Maud, 1866-1953
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Edith Maud Gonne was born on December 21, 1866 in Tongham, England, the eldest daughter of Captain Thomas Gonne and Edith Frith Gonne, née Cook. In 1882, she accompanied her father to Dublin where he died in 1886. Maud Gonne then briefly attempted to become an actress, before contracting tuberculosis and seeking treatment in France. There, she began a relationship with Lucien Millevoye, eventually having two children with him. During the 1890s, Gonne traveled extensively throughout England, Wale...
Cumann na mBan
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Cumann na mBan was founded in Dublin in April 1914 as a women's auxiliary to the Irish Volunteers. Branches, which pledged to the Constitution of the organization, were formed throughout the country and were directed by the Provisional Committee. Among its responsibilities, the organization worked toward arming the men of the Irish Volunteers and creating propaganda to support the cause of Irish independence. During the 1916 Easter Rising, many members played a role in the rebellion, though thos...
Skinnider, Margaret Frances 1892-1971
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Margaret Skinnider was born on May 5, 1892, at Coatbridge, Glasgow, to Irish immigrant parents, James Skinnider and Jane Dowd. She was a mathematics teacher in Glasgow until she resigned to join the Irish independence movement. At the end of 1915, Skinnider traveled to Dublin at the invitation of Constance Markievicz. Skinnider returned again to Dublin for the 1916 Easter Rising. She transported hidden ammunition to Liberty Hall, served as a dispatch rider for Michael Mallin at St. Stephen’s Gre...
Molony, Helena, 1883-1967
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Helena Molony was born on January 15, 1883 in Dublin, to Michael Molony and Catherine McGrath. In 1903, Molony joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland) and began a lifelong commitment to the nationalist cause. In 1908, she became the editor of the organization's monthly newspaper, Bean na hÉireann (Woman of Ireland). Molony organized the supply of daily school meals to children in impoverished areas, and pressured corporations to provide proper meals to hungry children in Dublin. ...
Murray, Loretta Clarke, -2017
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Loretta Clarke Murray was born in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland. She went to boarding school in Dublin at the age of eight. Many of her teachers had participated in the Irish War of Independence, some of them as members of Cumann na mBan. Thus began Murray's lifelong interest in Irish history. Murray went on to become a noted collector of Irish history, art, books, and jewellery. Her brother, Jackie Clarke, was also a collector of Irish history. Murray died April 10, 2017....
