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Cumann na mBan (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkʊmˠən̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈmˠanˠ]; lit. ' The Women's Council ' but in English termed The Irishwomen's Council ), [ 1 ] abbreviated C na mB , [ 2 ] is an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation formed in Dublin on 2 April 1914, merging with and dissolving Inghinidhe na hÉireann , and in 1916 ...
Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Irish: [ˈɪnʲiːnʲiː n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ]; "Daughters of Ireland") was a radical Irish nationalist women's organisation led and founded by Maud Gonne from 1900 to 1914, when it merged with the new Cumann na mBan (The Irishwomen's Council). [1] [2]
Dolours Price was born on 16 December 1950 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [1] [2] She and her sister, Marian, also an IRA member, were the daughters of Albert Price, a prominent Irish republican and former IRA member from Belfast [3] and Christina (née Dolan), a member of Cumann na mBan.
A cumann (Irish for association; plural cumainn) is the lowest local unit or branch of a number of Irish political parties. [1] The term cumann may also be used to describe a non-political association. Cumainn are usually made up of 5+ (the recommendation being 12) members of a local area and makes sure the policies of their political party are ...
National Organiser for Cumann na mBan Elizabeth Bloxham (8 July 1877 – 23 January 1962) was an Irish feminist and suffragist , [ 1 ] serving as the national organizer for Cumann na mBan in the lead up to the 1916 Easter Rising and up through the Irish War of Independence .
The GPO nursing contingent was a group of twelve women, including members of Cumann na mBan - the republican women's organisation for Irish independence - who remained in the besieged G.P.O. building during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin and removed the wounded to hospital.
Cumann: Irish for club, society or association, can be found in various compounds. Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael: Irish for Camogie Association of Ireland. Cumann Lúthchleas Gael: the Irish language name of the Gaelic Athletic Association as a whole; also means "Gaelic Athletic Club".
She tried to keep the Cumann going following the president's resignation, in 1941, she briefly served as Cumann na mBan's president. She served as President of the St Vincent de Paul Society (1937–1975), and also the Political Prisoners Committee until 1949; although she continued to support the Prisoners Dependants campaigns, necessarily for ...