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Eilís Nic Eachnaidh

Eilís Nic Eachnaidh (15 January 1898 – 21 May 1982) was an Irish republican activist and nationalist.

Eilís Nic Eachnaidh
Born
Elizabeth Aughney

15 January 1898
Tullow, County Carlow
Died21 May 1982
Terenure, Dublin
NationalityIrish
Other namesEilís Aughney

Early life edit

Born Elizabeth Aughney to Patrick Aughney and MaryAnne Dargen of Roscat in Tullow, County Carlow. Her family were farmers and she came in the middle of five girls and a boy. She was educated in University College Dublin where completed her teacher's diploma and got involved in the Irish Nationalist organisation Cumann na mBan partly through the advice of her mentor, Professor Boden. She joined with her sister Dr Honoria Aughney.[1][2][3][4]

Nationalism edit

Nic Eachnaidh was involved in the Irish War of Independence. She was a member of Cumann na mBan and on the executive leadership. She founded the local branch of the cumann in Tullow and supported other Carlow branches.[2][5][6][better source needed][7][8] In September 1920 Nic Eachnaidh began working as an Irish, History and Geography teacher in Scoil Bhride in St. Stephen's Green. She was working for Louise Gavan Duffy at the time. She also became a member of the executive of Cumman na mBan then. During the period when she was working in Dublin at school, Nic Eachnaidh worked for the executive of the organisation and ran drills on first aid. Once the school was on holidays Nic Eachnaidh would travel either to locations which needed support or home to Carlow where she would ensure the coordination of the Carlow branches. Like all the women involved in the war, Nic Eachnaidh carried messages, hid and transported weapons and provided first aid services.[2][5][9][10][11] Once the truce came into effect Nic Eachnaidh was one of the women against the acceptance of the articles of the Anglo-Irish Treaty she remained a believer in the idea of an independent Republic and she continued her activities in opposition to the Free State.[2][5]

In the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, Nic Eachnaidh remained involved working for pensions for those who had been in the various forces as well as looking for support for those prisoners who had been members of the IRA.[12][13] Nic Eachnaidh was also chair of the Agricultural Wages Board from 1937.[14][15][16]

She died in Dublin on 21 May 1982.[17][18]

References edit

  1. ^ "Irish Genealogy -Birth cert" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.
  2. ^ a b c d "Witness: Eilís Nic Eachnaidh" (PDF). militaryarchives. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ "University branch" (PDF).
  4. ^ "1901 National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie.
  5. ^ a b c Dorney, J. (2017). The Civil War in Dublin: The Fight for the Irish Capital, 1922–1924. Irish Academic Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-78537-124-0. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. ^ Wildgoose, Ryan M (3 August 2015). "Ignored Contributions and Hardships: The Women of the Cumann na mBan". Academia.edu. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Index" (PDF). Echoes of their Footsteps: The Irish Civil War.
  8. ^ Thorne, K.H. (2014). Echoes of Their Footsteps. Generation Organization. ISBN 978-0-692-24513-2. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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  10. ^ "1911 National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie.
  11. ^ "Member of the executive" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Context: Letter from Cumann na mBan concerning military..." Catalogue. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  13. ^ "National Archives of Ireland: Women in 20th-Century Ireland, 1922-1966: Sources from the Department of the Taoiseach". Search the archives. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  14. ^ "S.I. No. 63/1949 - Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) (No. 2) Order, 1948 (Amendment) Order, 1949". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  15. ^ Curtis, Caitriona Lisa (2007). The agricultural labourer and the state in Independent Ireland, 1922-76 (PDF) (PhD thesis). National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
  16. ^ "Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers". Agricultural Wages Board. – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil) – Thursday, 30 Apr 1942 – Houses of the Oireachtas. 30 April 1942. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Probate" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Advanced search". The National Archives of Ireland. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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