1. Sorcha MacMahon was an Irish nationalist and republican who was active during the Easter Rising of 1916 and both the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.
17 Facts About Sorcha MacMahon
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Sorcha MacMahon was born Sarah Teresa MacMahon to James and Sarah MacMahon of Coas, County Monaghan in 1888.
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Sorcha MacMahon was one of four boys and three girls.
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Sorcha MacMahon used the Irish form of her name, Sorcha.
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Sorcha MacMahon was educated in Laggan National School and St Louis School in Monaghan.
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Sorcha MacMahon then worked as a bookkeeper for Taggart's Garage.
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An early member of Cumann na mBan, in 1914 MacMahon was the local secretary of the Central Branch and was secretary nationally in 1916.
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Sorcha MacMahon trained the other women in the branch in first aid and nursing as well as related branch duties.
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Sorcha MacMahon was on the executive committee for Cumann na mBan from 1915 to 1919.
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Sorcha MacMahon was an organiser for the O'Donovan Rossa funeral, a mass demonstration arranged when the body of the Fenian was returned from America for burial.
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Sorcha MacMahon was selected by Kathleen Clarke as one of the women to deliver messages around Ireland for leading up to the Easter Rising.
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Once the Rising began Sorcha MacMahon delivered the mobilisation orders to the Cumann section leaders and delivered guns, both hidden in her bicycle basket.
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Sorcha MacMahon continued to act as courier throughout the Rising, moving between garrisons, such as the Four Courts, all week.
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Sorcha MacMahon was estimated to have made more than 50 trips out of the General Post Office.
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Sorcha MacMahon was very involved in the work and finances of the fund Then she began working directly for Michael Collins.
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Sorcha MacMahon did not publicly support either side during the Irish Civil War.
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Sorcha MacMahon had married and moved when she did which added to her safety.