Kathleen Lynn
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Kathleen Florence Lynn was an Irish Sinn Féin politician, political activist and doctor.
Kathleen and Madeleine pictured together in 1919
Lynn (Front row, third from left) as part of Sinn Féin's national executive in 1922
Grave of Kathleen Lynn, Deansgrange cemetery, County Dublin
This photograph from March 1919 shows Lynn and ffrench-Mullen attending a party celebrating the release of Constance Markievicz from prison. Lynn can be seen to the left of centrally placed Markievicz, while ffrench-Mullen is to the left of Lynn, dressed in men's clothes.
Éamon de Valera
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Éamon de Valera was an Irish statesman. He served as the president of Ireland from 1959 to 1973, and three terms as head of government. He had a leading role in introducing the Constitution of Ireland
Kathleen Lynn
…in the Rising and the War of Independence. She was so well known that crowds in Dublin lined the streets to show their respects. After Lynn's death, Éamon de Valera set up the Kathleen Lynn Memorial Committee, which lasted for eight years and resulted in the opening of a surgical unit at Saint Ultan's Children's…
Portrait, c. 1918–1921
De Valera addressing a crowd on the steps of Ennis Courthouse, County Clare, in July 1917
The Kilmainham Gaol cell of Éamon de Valera
De Valera in March 1918