1. Lily O'Brennan's father died in 1880, her mother in 1930.
18 Facts About Lily O'Brennan
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Lily O'Brennan became a teacher and contributed to both Irish and American periodicals.
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Lily O'Brennan wrote a play, May Eve in Stephen's Green, produced with Maire Nic Shiubhlaigh and performed in Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin in 1912; it was inspired by a statue of James Clarence Mangan in St Stephen's Green.
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Lily O'Brennan attended the inaugural meeting of Cumann na mBan, held in Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, and was a member of its central branch.
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When Cumann na mBan split due to the start of World War I the Lily O'Brennan's sided against the proposal to volunteer with the British.
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Lily O'Brennan bought the makings of the flag for the 4th Battalion of the Irish Volunteers and made the first aid kits.
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Lily O'Brennan was stationed in the Marrowbone Lane distillery under the command of Con Colbert and remained there all week.
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Lily O'Brennan was arrested with the garrison there and held at Richmond Barracks and Kilmainham Gaol.
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Lily O'Brennan worked as a clerk for the National Aid Association later the Prisoner's Dependents Fund as well as locating and marking the graves of those killed during the Rising.
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Lily O'Brennan was one of the two delegation secretaries for the 1921 treaty delegation.
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Mary MacSwiney proposed Lily O'Brennan to be appointed as a plenipotentiary to the negotiations but she was thought to be "too extreme".
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Lily O'Brennan lived in 22 Hans Place, Brompton, London and worked for Arthur Griffith as his secretary for a time in 1922.
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Lily O'Brennan worked on the staff of the Republican headquarters, secretary to Erskine Childers.
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Lily O'Brennan was arrested there in November 1922 and imprisoned in Mountjoy Prison, then moved to Kilmainham on 6 February 1923 where she spent three months.
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Lily O'Brennan was however released only a few weeks later.
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Lily O'Brennan was a founder member of the Catholic Writers Guild in 1947.
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Lily O'Brennan died on 31 May 1948 and was buried in the Deansgrange cemetery.
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Lily O'Brennan's papers are in the University College Dublin Archives.