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Nell Ryan

Nell Ryan
Born
Ellen Ryan

5 July 1881
Tomcoole, Ireland
Died8 December 1959(1959-12-08) (aged 78)
Wexford, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Relatives

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 arrested and imprisoned. On release she joined Sinn Féin and was a regional organiser for Cumann na mBan in Wexford.[1] She was arrested for anti-Treaty activity during the Civil War and went on hunger strike with other female prisoners.[2] She was the first woman elected to Wexford County Council.[3]

  1. ^ Gillis, Liz (2016). Women of the Irish Revolution. Mercier Press. p.51.
  2. ^ McAuliffe, Mary (2020). Margaret Skinnider. UCD Press. p70
  3. ^ National Women’s Council of Ireland (2019). Celebrating the role of women over 120 years of Local Government. NWCI.ie.[1]
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