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Josephine Bernadette McAliskey (née Devlin; born 23 April 1947), usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish civil rights leader, and former politician. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Ulster in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 1974.
Sep 22, 2016 · Bernadette McAliskey, now 69, has never been one for the niceties of establishment politics. Indeed, beloved by many as she is, as a socialist, feminist and elder stateswoman of...
Jul 19, 2022 · Born in Tyrone in 1947, Bernadette McAliskey (nee Devlin) grew up in a working-class family of six children. Before he died when she was nine, her father taught her about Irish political history which, among other things, would influence her trajectory in life.
Mar 8, 2019 · About Bernadette Devlin McAliskey. Bernadette Devlin, a radical feminist and Catholic activist in Northern Ireland, was a founder of People's Democracy. After one failed attempt to be elected, she became the youngest woman ever elected to Parliament in 1969, running as a socialist. Read More.
Dec 28, 2021 · Civil Rights Leader & former politician Bernadette McAliskey explains how she w... “Have you ever had an experience of not knowing something till you knew it?”
Aug 17, 2022 · Bernadette McAliskey, then known as Bernadette Devlin, was a leading figure in the civil rights movement and was one of the founding members of People's Democracy established in 1968. She...
A relative silence surrounded Bernadette Devlin McAliskey in the last decade of the 20th century, but it was a silence which deepened her mystique and copperfastened her image as the popular champion of nationalist Derry during the ferment of 1969–70.
Biography. My name is Bernadette. Surname: McAliskey, formerly Devlin. I have been a campaigner for social justice and human rights all of my adult life. Over time I became an internationalist socialist republican and feminist. I grew up in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, one of six children.
In 1974, she became active in the Irish Socialist Republican Party for a short time and in 1979; she stood in support of the republican prisoners in the European elections, winning 6% of the vote. She and her husband, Michael McAliskey, were shot and badly wounded by loyalist gunmen at their home in 1981.
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey born in Cookstown in 1947, usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish civil rights leader and former politician. When she was studying at Queens University in 1968, she took a lead role in civil rights activities and founded the People’s Democracy, a student movement concerned with the ...
