Molly Flannery Woods Papers

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Molly Flannery Woods Papers

1897-1952, bulk 1918-1952

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1133

The collection documents the political and personal activities of Irish journalist and nationalist Molly Flannery Woods. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, and scrapbooks. Much of the material relates to Irish nationalism in the early twentieth-century and Woods' time with Cumann na mBan.

4.25 linear feet

eng, Latn

eng, Latn

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11651075

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Woods, Molly Flannery, 1875-1952

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Mary Flannery Woods, mostly known as Molly, was born in Monasteraden, County Sligo, Ireland in 1875. Molly worked as a private tutor to the children of P. J. Murray in Galway and then as a governess for the O’Farrell family, traveling with them when Major General O’Farrell was appointed the Governor of Malta. She returned to Ireland and married Andrew Woods in 1902 and they had at least three children, Maureen, Eileen, and Tony. Molly began writing for various publications as early as 1900 and ...