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Kathleen Florence Lynn (28 January 1874 – 14 September 1955) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician, political activist and doctor. Lynn was so greatly affected by the poverty and disease among the poor in the west of Ireland that, at 16, she decided to be a doctor.
Lynn, Kathleen (1874–1955), medical practitioner and political activist, was born 28 January 1874 in Mullafarry, near Killala, Co. Mayo, second oldest of three daughters and one son of Robert Lynn, Church of Ireland clergyman, and Catherine Lynn (née Wynne) of Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo.
Dec 10, 2018 · Kathleen Lynn was born on January 28th, 1874, in Mullafarry, near Cong in Co Mayo, the second oldest of three daughters and one son of Robert Lynn, Church of Ireland clergyman, and...
Mar 27, 2016 · For three weeks from Easter Monday 1916, Dr Kathleen Lynn kept a detailed diary of her involvement in the Easter Rising, and her subsequent imprisonment.
Find out about Kathleen Lynn, her role in the Easter Rising and why her diaries are such an important part of our history. Who was Dr Kathleen Lynn? Kathleen Lynn was born in Mayo on 28th January 1874, the daughter of Robert Lynn, a Church of Ireland clergyman, and his wife Catherine Wynn.
Jul 4, 2024 · Lynn’s diaries reveal a radical and revolutionary woman devoted to the cause of women, workers, and Ireland. They also reveal a dedicated medical professional determined to deliver the best...
Aug 26, 2016 · Kathleen Lynn: The Rebel Doctor is a documentary which tells the previously unknown story of an extraordinary Irish woman. Kathleen Lynn was born in County Mayo in 1874 into a wealthy protestant family.
Kathleen Lynn has been described as one of the great Irish humanitarians of the 20th century. Her influence extended throughout Irish society with her work in hospital medicine, her fight against poverty and disease, her career as a politician and as a lifelong social revolutionary.
Dr Kathleen Lynn's diary offers a unique, first-hand insight into her experiences following the 1916 Easter Rising. Introduction. Dr Kathleen Lynn was Chief Medical Officer for the Irish Citizens Army. On Easter Monday she was stationed at City Hall, from which post she treated the wounded.
Lynn, Kathleen (1874–1955) Irish doctor and political activist. Born Kathleen Florence Lynn in Mullafany, County Mayo, Ireland, on January 28, 1874; died in Dublin, Ireland, on September 14, 1955; daughter of Reverend Robert Young Lynn and Catherine (Wynne) Lynn; educated at Alexandra College, Dublin; studied medicine at Royal University of ...
