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Miriam Daly | |
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![]() Daly, c. 1970s | |
Born | Miriam Annette McDonnell May 6, 1928 The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland |
Died | June 26, 1980 Andersonstown, Belfast, Northern Ireland | (aged 52)
Resting place | Swords, Dublin, Ireland |
Other names | Miriam Lee (1953 to 1963) |
Education | Loreto College, St Stephen's Green |
Alma mater | University College Dublin (BA, HDipE, MA) |
Occupation | Senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast |
Known for | Political and Civil Rights activism |
Political party | Irish Republican Socialist Party (1977 until her death in 1980) |
Other political affiliations |
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Spouse | Jim Daly |
Children | 2 |
Miriam Daly (née McDonnell; 6 May 1928 – 26 June 1980) was an Irish republican and communist activist as well as a university lecturer who was assassinated by the loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in 1980.