| ID | 2336 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Papers of Caitlín Bean Cathal Brugha |
| Collection Description | Born Catherine Mary Kingston at Birr, Co. Offaly, in 1879. She was educated at the Sacred Heart convent in Roscrea before moving, with her family, to Dublin in 1910. She was an active member of the Gaelic League and met her husband through the League. Caitlín and Cathal were staunch republicans and she acted to support her husband and other Irish Volunteers during the Rising in 1916. Both Brughas were opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty and Cathal was killed in the Civil War in July 1922, leaving Caitlín a widowed mother of six. At Caitlín's request, the chief mourners at Cathal Brugha's funeral were republican women, who formed a guard of honour. She served as Sinn Féin TD for Waterford from 1923-27, having succeeded her husband to the seat. After resigning from the Dáil in 1927, she turned her focus to her family and a drapery business that she established in 1924. She died in December 1959 and was interred in Glasnevin Cemetary. |
| Collection Web Address | https://www.ucd.ie/archives/collections/depositedcollections... |
| Reference | P15 |
| Description | Papers of Caitlín Brugha including: Letter from Patrick Pearse relating to her promise of £3.0.0 for St Enda's, 1912 Letters from Mary MacSwiney, 1934-1938, mainly relating to the republican movement and de Valera' s 'lack of fidelity to the Republic'. Also mentions her niece, Máire Óg Ní Suibhne, at school in Monaghan. There are 13 documents in total. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1912-1952 |
| Century | 20th |
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| Note | A descriptive list available is available for consultation in UCD Archives. |
| Repository Name | UCD Archives |
| Address | James Joyce Library UCD Belfield Dublin 4 |
| Eircode | D04 R7R0 |
| Telephone | (01) 716-7555 |
| Email Address | archives@ucd.ie |
| Repository Web Address | www.ucd.ie/archives |
| latitude | 53.30671 |
| longitude | -6.22347 |