Nora Connolly O'Brien
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Nora Connolly O'Brien was an Irish politician, activist and writer. She was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1957 to 1969.
Connolly O'Brien in her Cumann na mBan uniform
Connolly O'Brien working alongside members of the Labour movement in Liberty Hall, 1919. Standing L-R: William O'Brien and Cathal O'Shannon. Sitting L-R: Thomas Foran, Nora Connolly O'Brien, David O'Leary, Seamus Hughes and Patrick O'Kelly
Seamus Costello
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Seamus Costello was an Irish republican socialist, paramilitary leader, and elected politician. Born in Bray, County Wicklow, he rose to prominence in the republican movement during the Irish Republic
Nora Connolly O'Brien
…in the North of Ireland [is] the continuation of the battle for which [Connolly] died". In 1977, she gave the funeral oration of INLA chief of staff Seamus Costello, saying, "Of all the politicians and political people with whom I have had conversations, and who called themselves followers of Connolly, he was the…
Costello during a 1975 interview with RTÉ