Margaret Skinnider born in Coatbridge 1892

#OnThisDay 1892 Margaret Skinnider was born in Glasgow. Margaret, a maths teacher smuggled detonators & wires around her body to Dublin, was a sniper in the Rising (shot thrice), ran safe houses in WoI, was Paymaster General of the IRA during the Civil War&more

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