Leslie de Barra | |
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Born | Leslie Price 9 January 1893 |
Died | 9 April 1984 | (aged 91)
Nationality | Irish |
Other names | Leslie Barry, Mrs Tom Barry |
Leslie Mary de Barra (née Price; 9 January 1893 – 9 April 1984) was an Irish nationalist and republican active during the Easter Rising of 1916, the War of Independence and the Civil War, becoming Director of Cumann na mBan. She went on to be chairman and President of the Irish Red Cross.[1]