12 Facts About Madeleine ffrench-Mullen

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen was an Irish revolutionary and labour activist who took part in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen was arrested after the Rising but released the following month.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen joined Sinn Fein and was elected to Rathmines District Council in 1920.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen was born on 30 December 1880 in Malta, where her father, St Lawrence ffrench-Mullen, a Royal Navy surgeon, was stationed.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen had two brothers, St Lawrence Patrick Joseph and Douglas.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen was a radical feminist and republican during her life.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen joined the suffrage movement, and met women with a similar worldview and values.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen saw action with the St Stephen's Green and Royal College of Surgeons garrison.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen and Kathleen Lynn established Saint Ultan's Children's Hospital, known as Teach Ultan, which was a female-run hospital for infants at 37 Charlemont Street, Dublin in 1919.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen died in a Dublin nursing home on 26 May 1944, aged 63.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen is interred with her parents, St Lawrence and Margaret, as well as her younger brothers, St Lawrence Patrick Joseph and Douglas, in the ffrench-Mullen family plot in Glasnevin Cemetery.

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen's funeral took place on the same day as the 1944 General Election.