Dorothy Macardle

Dorothy Macardle
Portrait of Macardle
Born(1889-02-02)2 February 1889
Dundalk, Ireland
Died23 December 1958(1958-12-23) (aged 69)
Drogheda, Ireland
EducationAlexandra College, Dublin
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • Playwright
  • Historian
Political party

Dorothy Macardle (2 February 1889 in Dundalk – 23 December 1958 in Drogheda)[1] was an Irish writer, novelist, playwright, journalist and non-academic historian. Associated throughout her life with Irish republicanism, she was a founding member of Fianna Fáil in 1926 and was considered to be closely aligned with Éamon de Valera until her death, although she was vocal critic of how women were represented in the 1937 constitution created by Fianna Fáil. Her book, The Irish Republic, is one of the more frequently cited narrative accounts of the Irish War of Independence and its aftermath, particularly for its exposition of the anti-treaty viewpoint.

  1. ^ Luke Gibbons, The Irish Times, Weekend Review, "A Cosmopolitan Reclaimed: A Review of Dorothy Macardle: A Life", by Nadia Clare Smith, 10 November 2007, p.13