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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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.

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Arrangement:Fonds
I. Draft memoirs; II. Correspondence. III. Other Papers.
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I.iii. Notebook, containing a manuscript draft of sections from Kathleen Clarke's memoirs,

[1946].
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Kathleen Clarke Memoirs, 1897-1967.
Description:Clarke's recollections provide an account of German involvement in supporting Irish republicans prior to the Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill’s actions in Easter Week, the arming of the Irish Volunteers for the Rising, her husband Tom Clarke's affection for Sean McGarry and Sean McDermott, her husband’s death and contribution to Irish republicanism, the drafting of the Proclamation and the plan for the fighting for Dublin and throughout the country. She also writes of a fundraising lecture tour of America undertaken by Pearse in 1914, her recollections of Roger Casement and James Connolly, the reception given to released prisoners at Westland Row station in 1917 and Arthur Griffith’s newspaper career. Her description of spending Christmas 1915 with the Daly family in Limerick is cut short as four pages have been torn from the notebook.
Main Creator: Clarke, Kathleen, 1878-1972
Extent:1 volume.
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,883/3 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 2000, this collection remains in copyright. It is necessary to obtain the express permission of the copyright owner before reproducing any material from this collection.