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Goll mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna and uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhaill; Liath Luachra - Fionn's foster mother and a great warrior; Liath Luachra - tall, hideous warrior of the Fianna who shares his name with Fionn's foster mother; Oisín - son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, warrior of the Fianna and a great poet; Oscar - warrior son of Oisín and ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:People of the Irish War of Independence. It includes People of the Irish War of Independence that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct ...
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.
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.
Fionn and Goll seated in a banquet hall as their rival bands of Fianna fight. Illustration by Arthur Rackham in Irish Fairy Tales (1920).. Fianna (/ ˈ f iː ə n ə / FEE-ə-nə, Irish: [ˈfʲiən̪ˠə]; singular Fian; [1] Scottish Gaelic: Fèinne) were small warrior-hunter bands in Gaelic Ireland during the Iron Age and early Middle Ages.
Pages in category "Women in war in Ireland" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Shanahan was one of the women arrested after 1916 and detailed in Richmond Barracks. She was released on 8 May 1916 after which she continued to support the Irish Volunteers . [ 15 ] On 12 May 1917 she and Rosie Hackett , Helena Molony , Brigid Davis locked themselves into the remains of Liberty Hall and hung a banner from the walls declaring ...