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Elizabeth "Betsy" Gray (c. 1778 or 1780 - 1798), is a folkloric figure in the annals of 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.Ballads, poems and popular histories celebrate her presence in the ranks of the United Irishmen, and her death, on 12 June 1798 at the Battle of Ballynahinch.
Their actions brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War, which led to the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia, the first African nation with a female president. [34] In 2004, Yulia Tymoshenko formed the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc as the leader of Ukrainian opposition. Her leadership galvanized the crowds during the Orange Revolution ...
Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, Cumann na mBan: 1919–22 Irish Republic: War of Independence: Irish Republican Army (1917–22), Cumann na mBan: 1939–40 England Sabotage Campaign: Irish Republican Army (1922-1969) 1942–44 Republic of Ireland-United Kingdom border: Northern Campaign: Irish Republican Army ...
Marion Duggan (1884–1943) – Irish suffragist and activist; Norah Elam (1878–1961) – Irish-born British suffragette and fascist; Dr. Maude Glasgow (1876–1955) – early pioneer in public health and preventive medicine as well as an activist for equal rights; Maud Gonne (1866–1953) – British-born Irish revolutionary, suffragette and ...
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.
This is a list of notable Irish people, who were born on the island of Ireland, in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland, but have been raised as Irish, have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the ...
Maud Gonne MacBride (Irish: Maud Nic Ghoinn Bean Mhic Giolla Bhríghde; 21 December 1866 – 27 April 1953) was an Irish republican revolutionary, suffragette and actress. . She was of Anglo-Irish descent and was won over to Irish nationalism by the plight of people evicted in the Land W