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Browne, Kathleen Anne (1876–1943), politician and historian, was born at Bridgetown, co. Wexford, on 31 October 1876, the eldest daughter of Michael Browne, landowner and farmer, and his wife, Mary Eleanor Stafford, of Rathronan Castle, Wexford. She was educated at the Bridgetown national school and at the Loreto convent at Wexford. Her political background was strongly nationalist, her father having been an organizer in 1898 of the centenary celebrations of the United Irishmen rising and a nationalist member of the Wexford county council. (Pašeta, 2005) She is perhaps best known for her political involvement with the Easter Rising in 1916, which was an armed insurrection in Ireland, against British rule. Kathleen Anne Browne was an Irish politician, farmer, writer, historian and archaeologist, born on the 1st of October 1876. She grew up in Rathronan Castle, Bridgetown, County Wexford.
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Kathleen Browne | |
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Born | Kathleen Anne Browne |
Died | Private nursing home, County Waterford |
Nationality | Irish |
Occupation(s) | Politician, Writer, Farmer, Historian, Archaeologist |
Years active | 1876-1943 |
Known for | Branch Secretary of the Cumann na nGaedheal, Member of Seanad Éireann |
Criminal penalty | Being a senior member of Cumann na mBan |