Josephine McGowan CnB Killed by DMP 1918

Josephine McGowan was the first member of Cumann na mBan to die in the Revolutionary Period. McGowan fought at Marrowbone Lane during the Rising. In 1918, the DMP baton charged a crowd protesting internment & struck McGowan on the head, killing her. She was 20.
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