Miriam Daly

Miriam Daly
Daly, c. 1970s
Born
Miriam Annette McDonnell

(1928-05-06)May 6, 1928
DiedJune 26, 1980(1980-06-26) (aged 52)
Andersonstown, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Resting placeSwords, Dublin, Ireland
Other namesMiriam Lee (1953 to 1963)
EducationLoreto College, St Stephen's Green
Alma materUniversity College Dublin (BA, HDipE, MA)
OccupationSenior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast
Known forPolitical and Civil Rights activism
Political partyIrish Republican Socialist Party (1977 until her death in 1980)
Other political
affiliations
SpouseJim Daly
Children2

Miriam Daly (née McDonnell; 6 May 1928 – 26 June 1980) was an Irish republican and communist activist as well as a university lecturer who was assassinated by the loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in 1980.