Maud Mitchell
Maud Mitchell | |
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| File:Maud Mitchell portrait.jpg | |
| Birth name | Margaret Mulvihill |
| Born | 16 July 1891 |
| Died | 26 January 1972 |
| Buried | St.Finbarr's Cemetery, Cork |
| Allegiance |  Irish Republic |
| Service/ |  Irish Volunteers Irish Republican Army |
| Rank | Intelligence Officer |
| Battles/wars | Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War |
| Spouse(s) | Herbert Mitchell |
| Relations | Bertha Mulvihill (sister) |
Maud Mitchell (16 July 1891 - 26 January 1972) was an Irish author. She was also an Intelligence Officer of the First Cork Brigade of the IRA.[1][2]
Early life[edit]
Born Margaret Mulvihill to her parents, Martin and Lisa Mulvihill, in Coosan, County Westmeath. Mitchell grew up on a farm. Her father, Martin, often fled Ireland under the guise of 'holidays' in order to avoid arrest for his White Boy and Fenian activities. One day, during the Gaelic Revival, a priest by the name of Fr. Dardis visited her school, allegedly in order to prevent hurling from being played by the locals. In his lecture, he spoke of the 'danger' of mixed games. It has been claimed that Mitchell stood up from her desk and asked him why the girls could not play hurling with their fathers and brothers yet the adult women could play hockey with the soldiers. Fr. Dardis replied by saying that there was "no keeping you down!" She also took issue with the fact that their textbooks were tailored for British schoolchildren. Mitchell's sister, Bertha Mulvihill, was a Titanic survivor.[3] Bertha wrote a letter to her while aboard the Carpathia.[4][5][6] She married Herbert Mitchell in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church on 8 September 1915. Mitchell was a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.[1][7]
IRA[edit]
Mitchell relocated to Kerry Pike, County Cork, circa 1918 and served as an Intelligence Officer for the Cork No.1 Brigade of the IRA. She was a member of the IRA's 'Club 56', which met at the Grand Parade, Cork.[1]
Legacy[edit]
Mitchell's Court, a luxury housing development located in Kerry Pike, is named after her.[2][8] The Munster Agricultural Society's Maud Mitchell Perpetual Cup at Cork Summer Show is also named after her.[9] In a 2019 article discussing whether or not women had been 'written out of history', Mitchell was listed as one of a number of women who had biographies published in their lifetimes.[10]
Bibliography[edit]
In his 2015 book Athlone 1900-1923: Politics, Revolution & Civil War, John Burke claimed that The Man with the Long Hair was "unreliable", allegedly containing information at odds with facts which were already established. He claimed that it was "written in the 1980s" when Mitchell "was an octogenarian" and as a result contained "numerous inaccuracies". He recorded the book as being published in Belfast.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mitchell, Maud (1993). The Man with the Long Hair. Glenwood Publications. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dromey, Trish (2016-09-24). "These 14 large, detached properties in Kerry Pike will be snapped up by trader-uppers". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ "Bridget (Bertha) Mulvihill : Titanic Survivor". Encyclopedia Titanica. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ Mayo, Jonathan (2016-03-17). Titanic: Minute by Minute. Short Books. ISBN 978-1-78072-270-2. Search this book on
- ↑ Behe, George (2012-02-29). On Board RMS Titanic: Memories of the Maiden Voyage. History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-8305-4. Search this book on
- ↑ Molony, Senan (2000). The Irish Aboard Titanic. Wolfhound Press. ISBN 978-0-86327-805-1. Search this book on
- ↑ O'Ceallaigh, Diarmuid (2020). Legends of the IRA & Their Weaponry. ISBN 978-1-716-38576-6. Search this book on
- ↑ "Stone-fronted style in Cork's Kerry Pike". independent. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ McCarthy, Kieran (2011). Munster Agricultural Society: The Story of the Cork Showgrounds. Cork, Ireland. Search this book on
- ↑ ""The women who died for Ireland" – Cumann na mBan fatalities in the War of Independence & Civil War – – The Irish Story". Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ Hart, Peter (1998). The I.R.A. and Its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820537-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Irish Publishing Record. Irish University Press. 1993. Search this book on
- ↑ "Books". irishhistory1919-1923chronology.ie. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ Burke, John (2015-03-02). Athlone 1900-1923: Politics, Revolution & Civil War. History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6386-2. Search this book on
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