Kathleen Clarke

Kathleen Clarke
Clarke in 1924
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
June 1939 – June 1941
Preceded byAlfie Byrne
Succeeded byPeadar Doyle
Dublin Corporation
In office
1930–1942
Senator
In office
12 December 1928 – 29 May 1936
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1927 – September 1927
ConstituencyDublin North
In office
May 1921 – June 1922
ConstituencyDublin Mid
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Daly

12 April 1878
Limerick, Ireland
Died29 September 1972(1972-09-29) (aged 94)
Liverpool, England
Resting placeDeans Grange Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
Political party
Spouse
(m. 1901; died 1916)
Children3
Military service
AllegianceCumann na mBan

Kathleen Clarke (née Daly; Irish: Caitlín Bean Uí Chléirigh; 12 April 1878 – 29 September 1972) was a founder member of Cumann na mBan, a women's paramilitary organisation formed in Ireland in 1914, and one of very few privy to the plans of the Easter Rising in 1916. She was the wife of Tom Clarke and sister of Ned Daly, both of whom were executed for their part in the Rising. She was subsequently a Teachta Dála (TD) and Senator with both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, and the first female Lord Mayor of Dublin (1939–1941).