Muriel MacDonagh – Tragic Death of 1916 Widow A talk I gave for Street Stories History Festival – Women After 1916, at The Cobblestone, 77 King Street North, Smithfield, Dublin on 2 December 2017. More about the event…

I contributed to this short documentary piece about the death of Muriel MacDonagh    On July 9th, 1917, Muriel Gifford MacDonagh, the widow of executed Easter Rising leader Thomas MacDonagh, drowned off the coast of Skerries. Her death coming just 15 months after that of her husband left the couple’s…

A contribution to The Irish Story, published 9th July 2016.     Muriel MacDonagh, wife of executed 1916 leader Thomas MacDonagh, outlived him by just one year. By Gerard Shannon On 9th July 1917, just over a year following the execution of Thomas MacDonagh for his part in the Easter…

I gave a talk in June 2013 titled ‘Muriel MacDonagh: Tragic Death of a 1916 Widow’ for Skerries Historical Society, at Keane’s Bus Bar. Skerries has seen many tragic deaths over the years. The one that was remembered by the Skerries Historical Society for their June talk was the death…