Witness statement from Margaret Brown MacEntee (WS322) who acted as a courier in 1916. Margaret was the wife of Irish politician Sean MacEntee.

Pearse, Patrick Henry (1879–1916) | Mac Diarmada (MacDermott), Seán (1883–1916 | O'Kelly, Seán Thomas (Ó Ceallaigh, Seán Tomás) (1882–1966)

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Countess Constance Markievicz in uniform, kneeling against a studio prop holding a gun, studio full-length portrait.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Women and the Rising | Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan

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Medal of service awarded to Nellie Kelly, who was a member of Cumann na mBan from Dun Laoghaire. In original box.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Women Revolutionaries | Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan

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A first aid book owned by the Tipperary branch of Cumann na mBan. The donor's mother Josephine O'Sullivan was a member. Her name and address is inscribed on the inside cover.

Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Dec. 09 2015

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Medal of service, framed, awarded to Josephine ('Josie') O'Sullivan for her participation in Cumann na mBann in the years around the Easter Rising. Donated by her daughter. Cumann na mBan, an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation, was founded in response to the

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Women Revolutionaries | Republicanism

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Uniform coat or tunic, Cumann na mBan, 1916 period. As worn by the donor Miss Alice Cashel. Alice Cashel was a member of the Cork Branch of Sinn Fein and a founding member, with Annie McSwiney, of the Cork Cumann na mBan, before the Irish Volunteers were established there.

Cashel, Alice (1878-1958) | Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan | Feminism and Nationalism

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