Nora O'Daly was an Irish nationalist, writer and trade unionist.
19 Facts About Nora O'Daly
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Nora O'Daly later wrote a memoir of her experience in the Rising.
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Nora O'Daly's father had come to Ireland from Scotland in 1878 to work as general manager of the Freeman's Journal.
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Nora O'Daly's parents were both Presbyterians but O'Daly and six of her seven siblings later converted to Catholicism.
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Nora O'Daly joined the Gaelic League along with her sisters Kathleen and Daisy.
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James O'Daly was an engineer and a fellow nationalist who joined the Irish Volunteers.
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In 1914, Nora O'Daly was a founding member of the Fairview branch of Cumann na mBan, which was attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Volunteers.
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Nora O'Daly spent the week of the Rising in the Royal College of Surgeons, where she.
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Nora O'Daly attended to Margaret Skinnider, the only women injured in the Rising, who she said "bore her frightful wounds with the greatest fortitude".
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Nora O'Daly later wrote an account of her time in Kilmainham.
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Nora O'Daly fundraised for the Irish National Aid and Volunteers Dependence Fund.
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Nora O'Daly was involved in anti-conscription activity and campaigned for Sinn Fein in the general election of 1918.
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Nora O'Daly is commemorated in the 77 Women commemoration quilt created by The Yarn Project in honour of the women arrested and held in Richmond Barracks after the Rising.
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Nora O'Daly sheltered Joe Leonard, who was involved in the assassinations of 14 British agents on 21 November 1920, which became known as Bloody Sunday.
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Nora O'Daly's brother-in-law Paddy O'Daly was a member of the assassination 'Squad' under Michael Collins.
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Nora O'Daly was described by the Black and Tans as "a dangerous woman".
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Nora O'Daly joined the Irish Women Workers Union where she worked for the rights of women workers.
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Nora O'Daly had a lifelong interest in Irish literature and wrote poetry and prose, including her memoir of the Rising.
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Nora O'Daly died aged 59 years on 10 May 1943 at her home 'Clooncoora' in the Jobstown area of southern County Dublin.