Ó Cuilleanáin, Cormac, editor. “Authorbiography”. CormacMillar.com, 22 Jan. 2014.
Sinn Féin
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin | ENC
's father, The birthdate of Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin the elder is inferred from the statements of Cormac the younger that at... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Eva Gore-Booth | EGB
's elder sister Constance
(later Countess Markievicz
) was an Irish patriot and the first woman MP in Britain (though as a member of Sinn Féin
she did not take her seat). The sisters'... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Charlotte Despard | CD
's younger brother, later Sir John French
, had a high-profile military career. He became a Field Marshal in 1913 and commander of the British Expeditionary Force
in Europe at the start of the... |
| Occupation | Constance Countess Markievicz | While CCM
was imprisoned the Dail
was declared illegal and Sinn Féin
, Cumann na mBan
, and other groups were proscribed. Following her release, she remained head of the Labour ministry and joined her... |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | CCM
returned home to further conflict. Shortly after losing her seat in the Pact Election of June 1922, she joined the IRA Irregulars
in a violent seizure of prominent public buildings, the Four Courts, in... |
| politics | Edith Somerville | Next February she wrote to Ethel Smyth
that the Black and Tans were worse than Sinn Féin
(the Republicans). Smyth, as an Englishwoman, found this hard to believe. When the Republicans took for themselves (virtually... |
| politics | Evelyn Sharp | The reason for her fact-finding visit in 1921 was that ES
had been asked to be a speaker in a campaign to raise awareness in Britain about the Irish situation, and she felt that she... |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
joined the women's nationalist group Inghinidhe na hEireann
(Daughters of Ireland
), founded by Maud Gonne
in 1900. She joined Sinn Féin
, too, this year. Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora, 1988. 61-2, 73 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
was elected to the executive of Sinn Féin
, newly reorganized by Eamon De Valera
. Coxhead, Elizabeth. Daughters of Erin: Five Women of the Irish Renascence. Secker and Warburg, 1965. 102 Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess: The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz. Chilton Books, 1967. 236 |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
was arrested along with other Sinn Féin
leaders (including Maud Gonne
) on the pretext of a German Plot, and imprisoned in Holloway Jail
; she was not released until 10 March 1919. Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora, 1988. 182, 189 |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | Standing from prison for the constituency of St Patrick's, Dublin, Constance, Countess Markievicz,
became the first woman elected to the British Parliament
; but, following Sinn Féin
policy, she did not take her seat at Westminster. Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992. 356 Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983. 68-9 |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
resigned as President of Cumann na mBan
(the women's council of the Irish Volunteers
) in order to join Fianna Fail
(Soldiers of Destiny
), a party formed by Eamon De Valera |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | She was also elected to the committee that produced the new Inine journal Bean na h-Eireann (meaning woman of Ireland).She was introduced to the Inine group by Helena Molony
, an activist who met... |
| politics | Constance Countess Markievicz | CCM
held training camps for the boys (initially at her home) at which, with Helena Molony
and others, she gave them lessons in Gaelic, drills, and firearm handling. The new group was criticized by Arthur Griffith |
| politics | Charlotte Despard |
Timeline
21 April 1907: The Cumann na nGaedheal and Dungannon Clubs...
National or international item
21 April 1907
The Cumann na nGaedheal
and Dungannon Clubs
merged to form the Sinn Féin League
in Ireland.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
611
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
339
1909: The new Sinn Féin League (the Irish Republican...
National or international item
1909
The new Sinn Féin
League (the Irish Republican party) officially supported women's suffrage, but argued that the women's vote must wait until after Ireland gained independence.
McKillen, Beth. “Irish Feminism and Nationalist Separatism, 1914-23”. Éire-Ireland, Vol.
17
, No. 3, 4, 1982, pp. 52 - 67, 72. 55-6
11 April 1912: Asquith brought forward the Liberal party's...
National or international item
11 April 1912
Asquith
brought forward the Liberal party
's third Home Rule Bill for Ireland (since 1886) in return for election support from John Redmond
of the Irish Party
.
“Living Heritage. Parliament and Ireland. Third Home Rule Bill”. www. parliament.uk.
December 1914: Sinn Féin, the newspaper organized in 1906...
National or international item
December 1914
Sinn Féin, the newspaper organized in 1906 by Arthur Griffith
as a vehicle of the Irish nationalist group Sinn Féin
, was suppressed.
Hickey, D. J., and J. E. Doherty. A New Dictionary of Irish History From 1800. Gill and Macmillan, 2003.
446
After April 1916: The executions and arrests that followed...
National or international item
After April 1916
The executions and arrests that followed the Easter Rising in Ireland aided Sinn Féin
in becoming a mass movement.
Hickey, D. J., and J. E. Doherty. A New Dictionary of Irish History From 1800. Gill and Macmillan, 2003.
443
April 1917: The Irish Women's Franchise League was denied...
National or international item
April 1917
The Irish Women's Franchise League
was denied representation at the Sinn Féin
All-Ireland conference because it refused to attend as a nationalist organisation.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
114
25 October 1917: Sinn Féin, reorganized by Cathal Brugha and...
National or international item
25 October 1917
Sinn Féin
, reorganized by Cathal Brugha
and Michael Collins
, adopted a constitution. Based on its principles, Sinn Féin
became a national movement on a platform of Irish national independence and the withdrawal of...
December 1918: The Irish Women's Franchise League campaigned...
National or international item
December 1918
The Irish Women's Franchise League
campaigned for Winnifred Carney
and Constance Markievicz
, the only women Sinn Féin
candidates in this month's general election.
Ward, Margaret. “’Suffrage First--Above All Else!’ An Account of the Irish Suffrage Movement”. Feminist Review, Vol.
10
, 1982, pp. 21-36. 79-80
14 December 1918: The post-war general election (sometimes...
National or international item
14 December 1918
The post-war general election (sometimes called the coupon election) was the first in which some British women (those over thirty with a property qualification of their own or their husband's) voted.
Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst. Kraus Reprint, 1969.
166
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
356
Davies, Emily. “Chronology, Introduction”. Collected Letters, 1861-1875, edited by Ann E. Murphy and Deirdre Raftery, University of Virginia Press, 2004, p. ix - xii, xix-lv.
xlviii
“The 1918 coupon general election”. Liberal Democrat History Group.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
92
“Houses of the Oireachtas—Where it began!”. Houses of the Oireachtas / Tithe an Oireachtas.
21 January 1919: The first Dáil Éireann or Irish Constituent...
National or international item
21 January 1919
The first Dáil Éireann
or Irish Constituent Assembly convened, consisting of members elected for Sinn Féin
at the British election of 14 December 1918, and regarding itself as the legitimate government of Ireland.
Hickey, D. J., and J. E. Doherty. A New Dictionary of Irish History From 1800. Gill and Macmillan, 2003.
444
“Houses of the Oireachtas—Where it began!”. Houses of the Oireachtas / Tithe an Oireachtas.
“22 January 1919”. The Guardian, 22 Jan. 2016, p. 22.
16 June 1922: The Irish Free State held a General Election....
National or international item
16 June 1922
The Irish Free State held a General Election. A large majority of Sinn Féin
candidates were in favour of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 6 December 1921.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
614
17 May 2002: The general election in the Republic of Ireland...
National or international item
17 May 2002
The general election in the Republic of Ireland returned the Fianna Fail
to power with thirty members and 41.5 percent of the vote. Five Sinn Féin
members were elected, and six Green Party
members.
Hickey, D. J., and J. E. Doherty. A New Dictionary of Irish History From 1800. Gill and Macmillan, 2003.
149, 192, 446
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