Sisters of the Revolutionaries: The Story of Margaret and...
O'Donnell, Teresa / O'Donnell, Mary Louise
Sisters of the Revolutionaries' focuses on the lives of Margaret and Mary Brigid, sisters of Patrick and Willie Pearse who were executed for their role in the 1916 Rising. Patrick and Willie Pearse have long been memorialised in Irish society, yet comparatively little is known about their two sisters and the efforts made by them to uphold the image of their brothers' legacies. Margaret was an Irish language activist, politician and educator, w...