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Maud Gonne
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Edith Maud Gonne
21 December 1866 Tongham, England
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| Died | 27 April 1953 (aged 86) Clonskeagh, Ireland
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| Occupation | Activist |
| Spouse(s) | John MacBride |
| Children | Georges Silvère (1890–1891) Iseult Gonne Seán MacBride |
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Maud Gonne MacBride (Irish: Maud Nic Ghoinn Bean Mhic Giolla Bhríghde, 21 December 1866 – 27 April 1953) was an English-born Irish republican revolutionary, suffragette and actress. Of Anglo-Irish descent, she was won over to Irish nationalism by the plight of evicted people in the Land Wars. She actively agitated for Home Rule and then for the republic declared in 1916. During the 1930s, as a founder member of the Social Credit Party, she promoted the distributive programme of C. H. Douglas. Gonne was well known for being the muse and long-time love interest of Irish poet W. B. Yeats.
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Maud Gonne (far right) with relief agency members in Dublin in July 1922
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Maud Gonne's gravestone, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.May 2015
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