Kathleen Clarke Memoirs,

1897-1967.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of the memoirs of republican Kathleen Clarke (née Daly), in which she recalls her early life in Limerick, the Fenian tradition within her family, her meeting and later marriage to veteran Fenian Tom Clarke, his participation in the Easter Rising, his subsquent execution, her own imprisonment in Holloway Jail and her political career with Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil. Contains both notebooks and typescript sheets.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Clarke, Kathleen, 1878-1972
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Clarke, Thomas James, > 1858-1916 Clarke, Kathleen, > 1878-1972 Markievicz, Constance de, > 1868-1927 Sinn Féin Fianna Fáil Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916 Ireland > History > War of Independence, 1919-1921
Notes:	Clarke's memoirs were published as 'Revolutionary Woman, Kathleen Clarke 1878-1972, An Autobiography' by the O'Brien Press in 1991. Tom Clarke and Kathleen Clarke Papers, 1890 -1972 held at MS 49,351-49,357; MS 49,424-49,425; MS 49,819 (Manuscripts Reading Room) and TC 1-33 (NPA Reading Room - Appt. only) in the National Library of Ireland. Physical description: 4 boxes. more
Arrangement:	Fonds I. Draft memoirs; II. Correspondence. III. Other Papers.