Nell Ryan
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Ellen Ryan was an Irish nationalist, Cumann na mBan organiser and County Councillor. She was a member of the republican Ryan family of Tomcoole. Despite not being involved in the 1916 Rising, she was
Panel from the 77 Women commemoration quilt depicting Nell Ryan. Taken in Richmond Barracks, 2019.
Cumann na mBan
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Cumann na mBan, abbreviated C na mB, 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, it beca
Nell Ryan
…Ellen Ryan (5 July 1881 – 8 December 1959) was an Irish nationalist, Cumann na mBan organiser and County Councillor. She was a member of the republican Ryan family of Tomcoole. Despite not being involved in the 1916 Rising, she was…
Constance Markiewicz took part in the Easter Rising and subsequently took control of Cumann na mBan in the aftermath
Executive member Bridie O'Mullane in her Cumann na mBan uniform, c. 1918
Cumann na mBan protest outside Mountjoy Prison, 23 July 1921
Republican Sinn Féin linked Cumann na mBan at Bodenstown in 2004.