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Westmeath Women
Alice Ginnell, Kitty O’Doherty, Lizzie Leonard, Eileen McGrane

Where were these women when the Truce was declared, and what was their contribution to the campaign of independence?

Mná100.ie in partnership with County Westmeath’s Decade of Centenaries Historian-in-Residence Dr Paul Hughes focuses on a number of women from Westmeath and where they were 100 years ago when the Truce was declared. During the campaign for independence, these Westmeath women were among several from the county who made significant contributions locally, nationally and internationally.

Dr Paul Hughes is currently working on a biography of the MP, agrarian radical and revolutionary Laurence Ginnell (1852-1923), which was the subject of his PhD at Queen’s University, Belfast. He has contributed articles to the Westmeath Examiner and Westmeath County Council’s commemorative blog on the role of women during the Decade of Centenaries. He has located new source material, giving first-hand accounts, and new understanding of the activities of women such

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J. P. Donleavy

Novelist, playwright, essayist

James Patrick Donleavy (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was an American-Irish novelist, short story writer and playwright.^[1] His best-known work is the novel The Ginger Man, which was initially banned for obscenity.

Early life

Donleavy was born in Brooklyn, to Irish immigrants Margaret and Patrick Donleavy, and grew up in the Bronx. His father was a firefighter, and his mother came from a wealthy background.^[2]^[3] He had a sister, Mary Rita, and a younger brother.^[4]^[5] He received his education at various schools in the United States, then served in the US Navy during World War II.^[1] After the war ended, he moved to Ireland. In 1946 he began studying bacteriology at Trinity College Dublin, but left in 1949 before taking a degree.

Career