Story of a redoubtable Irish nationalist and social reformer
Kathleen Lynn can be seen very much as a modern woman of her time. The daughter of a County Mayo Church of Ireland rector, her upbringing was conservatively Protestant and Unionist but she became politically radicalised through her exposure to the poverty of Dublin’s slums while she studied medicine.
Her 1916 Easter Rising service medal testifies to her determination and resolve. Estimated at €20,…