Inghinidhe na hÉireann
Inghinidhe na hÉireann (englisch Daughters of Ireland), abbreviated InaÉ, was a revolutionary women’s society founded by Maud Gonne on Easter Sunday 1900.
Gonne was elected President of the association; Vice-Presidents were Alice Furlong, Jenny Wyse Power, Annie Egan, and Anna Johnston (Ethna Carbery). Among the founders were Sinéad O'Flanagan (later wife of Éamon de Valera), the actors Máire Quinn and Molly and Sara Allgood, Doctor Kathleen Lynn and Mary Macken, a leading member of the Catholic Women's Suffrage League.[1] Later members included Mary MacSwiney, Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh, Constance Markievicz, Margaret Buckley, Ella Young, Máire Gill and writer Rosamond Jacob.[2]
In July 1900, it organised a treat for 30,000 schoolchildren as a counter-attraction to the official celebration of a royal visit to Ireland by Queen Victoria.[3]
In 1908, Inghinidhe na hÉireann launched a monthly magazine, Bean na hÉireann, which was edited by Helena Moloney.
In May 1914, Inghinidhe na hÉireann merged with the newly formed Cumann na mBan.[4]
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- ↑ Coxhead: Daughters of Erin, Five Women of the Irish Renaissance. p. 44
- ↑ Heather Ingman: An Englishwoman's Diary. Irish Times, 29 March 2003
- ↑ Ward: Maud Gonne, Ireland's Joan of Arc. p. 83
- ↑ Henry Boylan: A Dictionary of Irish Biography. 3rd Auflage. Gill and MacMillan, Dublin 1998, ISBN 0-7171-2945-4, S. 233.