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词条 Sorcha MacMahon
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  1. Early life

  2. Easter Rising

  3. After the Rising

  4. References

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Sorcha MacMahon (20 July 1888 – 13 December 1970) was an Irish nationalist and republican who was active during the Easter Rising of 1916 and both the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.

Early life

She was born Sarah Teresa MacMahon to James and Sarah MacMahon of Coas, County Monaghan in 1888. She was one of four boys and three girls. She used the Irish form of her name, Sorcha. Irish was the family's first language. She was educated in Laggan National School and St Louis School in Monaghan. After school she went to Dublin and took a commercial course. She then worked as a bookkeeper for Taggart's Garage.[1]

Easter Rising

An early member of Cumann na mBan, in 1914 MacMahon was the local secretary of the Central Branch and was secretary nationally in 1916.[1][2] She also trained the other women in the branch in first aid and nursing as well as related branch duties. She was on the executive committee for Cumann na mBan from 1915 to 1919. She was an organiser for the O'Donovan Rossa funeral, a mass demonstration arranged when the body of the Fenian was returned from America for burial. MacMahon was selected by Kathleen Clarke as one of the women to deliver messages around Ireland for leading up to the Easter Rising. Once the Rising began MacMahon delivered the mobilisation orders to the Cumann section leaders and also delivered guns, both hidden in her bicycle basket. She continued to act as courier throughout the Rising, moving between garrisons, such as the Four Courts, all week. She was estimated to have made more than 50 trips out of the General Post Office.[1][5][3]

After the Rising

After the Rising she assisted Clarke with the Irish Volunteer Dependants’ Fund, running it when Clarke had to take time off due to a miscarriage, postponing her own marriage to Tom Rogers to do it. She was very involved in the work and finances of the fund[1][4][5][6] Then she began working directly for Michael Collins. On his instructions she resigned from Cumann na mBan when they announced they were Anti-Treaty.[1] MacMahon did not publicly support either side during the civil war. Her public political activities ended on 6 December 1921. However she continued to work for Collins and hold papers for him until his death in 1922. Collins was aware that his activities would put people working for him in danger so he was concerned. MacMahon had married and moved when she did which added to her safety.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/seven-women-who-played-a-key-part-in-1916-and-beyond-impacting-on-society-383228.html|title=Seven women who played a key part in 1916 and beyond, impacting on society|author=Sinead McCoole}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/cumann-na-mban-by-joseph-e-a-connell-jr/|title=Cumann na mBan by Joseph E.A. Connell Jr}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Helen Litton|title=Thomas Clarke: 16Lives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kziPAwAAQBAJ|date=2 May 2014|publisher=O'Brien Press|isbn=978-1-84717-654-7}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=Sinead McCoole|title=Easter Widows|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47iUAwAAQBAJ|date=9 October 2014|publisher=Transworld|isbn=978-1-4481-7103-3}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Senia Pašeta|title=Irish Nationalist Women, 1900–1918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNhGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA202|date=5 December 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-72979-7|pages=202–}}
6. ^{{cite book|author1=Nancy Morrow-Howell|author2=Margaret Sherraden|title=Financial Capability and Asset Holding in Later Life: A Life Course Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wY5tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA71|date=29 December 2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-165126-7}}
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9 : 1888 births|Irish republicans|Women in war 1900–1945|Women in war in Ireland|People of the Easter Rising|People of the Irish War of Independence|People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side)|1970 deaths|Cumann na mBan members

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