1. Julia Grenan was an Irish nationalist, republican, suffragette and socialist and member of, best known for being one of the three last women to leave the Headquarters during the Easter Rising of 1916.
10 Facts About Julia Grenan
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Julia Grenan was born in 2 July 1883 to Patrick Grenan, a joiner of Lombard Street in Dublin near to where Elizabeth O'Farrell grew up.
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Julia Grenan had two brothers and was the only girl.
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Julia Grenan's mother was Elizabeth Kenny, daughter of Hugh Kenny, who died in 1900 from chronic bronchitis, amongst other ailments.
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Julia Grenan went to the Sisters of Mercy school and after that became a dressmaker.
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Julia Grenan trained them both in the use of firearms.
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Julia Grenan watched her from the door as O'Farrell walked out into heavy fire.
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Julia Grenan was arrested with the men from Moore street and initially kept overnight in the gardens at the Rotunda.
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Julia Grenan died in Dublin on 6 January 1972 and was buried alongside Elizabeth O'Farrell, who had died in 1957, in the republican plot in Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin.
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That Elizabeth and Julia Grenan were romantic partners is widely considered to be the case.