Louise Gavan Duffy, Nationalist, Gaeilgeoir born in France 1884

#OnThisDay 1884 Louise Gavan Duffy was born in France. A suffragist, nationalist, scholar, member of Cumann na mBan, & was present in the GPO till the evacuation during the Easter Rising. Duffy also established the first Gaelscoil in Ireland in 1917.

Louise Gavan Duffy

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