Margaret Skinnider Military person

Margaret Skinnider (28 May 1892 – 10 October 1971) was a revolutionary and feminist born in Coatbridge, Scotland. She fought during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Her part in the Easter Rising was all the more notable because she was a woman, a sniper and the only female wounded in the action. She was mentioned three times for bravery in the dispatches sent to the Dublin GPO.

Personal facts

Margaret Skinnider
Birth dateMay 28, 1892
Birth place
Scotland , Coatbridge , Lanarkshire
Date of deathOctober 10, 1971
Place of death
Dublin

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Military person

allegiance
Irish Republican Army
Irish Citizen Army
military operations
Easter Rising
Irish Civil War
Irish War of Independence
service start1915
service end1923

Margaret Skinnider on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.rte.ie/laweb/smil/t06/t06_19660411_wthere_radio.smil