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Maud Gonne MacBride ( Irish: Maud Nic Ghoinn Bean Mhic Giolla Bhríghde; 21 December 1866 – 27 April 1953) was an Irish republican revolutionary, suffragette and actress. She was of Anglo-Irish descent and was won over to Irish nationalism by the plight of people evicted in the Land Wars.
Maud Gonne (born December 21, 1866, Tongham, Surrey, England—died April 27, 1953, Dublin, Ireland) was an Irish patriot, actress, and feminist. She was one of the founders of Sinn Féin (“We Ourselves”), and an early member of the theatre movement started by her longtime suitor, W.B. Yeats.
Jan 31, 2015 · Actress, activist, feminist, mystic, Maud Gonne was also the muse and inspiration for the poet W B Yeats, who immortalised her in some of his most famous verses. After the Free State was...
Jun 28, 2021 · A Life of Maud Gonne: a broader picture of a difficult and fascinating woman Book review: Kim Bendheim brings fresh perspectives to bear on Yeats’s filthy rich, anti-Semitic muse
Jul 12, 2019 · Maud Gonne: As an English-born nationalist, even seen by her close friend Eileen O’Brien as part of the ascendancy, her intentions were subject to suspicion throughout her life.
May 26, 2022 · The Dictionary of Irish Biography. She was the radical who was hailed as one of the most beautiful women in the world, and now she's one of the subjects of a new...
Nationalist leader, Maud Gonne (c. 1865-1953) was called the "Irish Joan of Arc," for her activities on behalf of Ireland's independence movement. Born in England to English parents, Maud Gonne was the daughter of Edith Frith Cook and Thomas Gonne.
