Maeve Cavanagh MacDowell Papers.
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| In collection: | Maeve Cavanagh MacDowell Papers. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Maeve Cavanagh MacDowell, (1878-1960), was a poet and playwright and a Republican activist; she was a member of the Gaelic League, Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army when young. In 1921 she married Cathal MacDowell, (1880-1926), [born Cecil Grange MacDowell, he later changed his name to Cathal MacDubhghaill, also sometimes spelt 'Macdubhghaill'], an architectural draughtsman, organanist and illustrator, who served with the 3rd Dublin Battalion of the Irish Volunteers in Boland’s Mill in the 1916 Rising. He was subsequently imprisoned in Richmond Barracks and Frongoch internment camp in Wales (where he contracted tuberculosis, from which he never fully recovered and died young). Following his release in 1917, he was responsible for the arrangement of 'A Soldier’s Song', written by Peadar Ó Cearnaigh [Peadar Kearney, (1883-1942)] to music by Pádraig Ó hAonaigh [Patrick "Paddy" Heeney, (1881-1911)] and he set many of Maeve's poems to music, including her 'Conscription: Prayer of Ireland' and 'Ireland to Germany'. Maeve was the sister of Ernest Kavanagh, (1884-1916), who worked in Liberty Hall as a clerk to the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union and who as a cartoonist and illustrator contributed to Jim Larkin’s newspaper 'The Irish Worker' and the Irish Republican Brotherhood newspaper 'Irish Freedom'. On 25 April 1916, [the second day of the 1916 Rising] he was shot dead on the steps of Liberty Hall, Dublin. Physical description: ca. 126 items more |
| Arrangement: | Fond |
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Maeve Cavanagh MacDowell Papers.
| In Collection: | Maeve Cavanagh MacDowell Papers. |
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| Main Creator: | |
| Language: | English |
| Extent: | ca. 126 items |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Call Number: |
MS 21,560-MS 21,564
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |