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Lillie Connolly (née Reynolds; 1867 or 1868 – 22 January 1938) was an Irish socialist and trade union organiser. She was the wife of James Connolly, the Irish revolutionary who was involved in the 1916 Easter Rising.
When Lillie Connolly called to General Maxwell to collect her executed husband’s belongings, he advanced to meet her and held out his hand. She looked him straight in the eyes and held her hands behind her. Permission for the Connolly family to go to America was later refused.
9 de jan. de 2016 · Connolly and his wife had six children. Like Kathleen Clarke, Lillie Connolly gave her husband the fullest support for his socialist and revolutionary activities.
- Ronan Mcgreevy
12 de ago. de 2016 · Lillie Connolly -- Mother And Rebel, Widow of James Connolly. Racing fruitlessly after a tram that was speeding away from him, a young British soldier spotted a shy young woman, out for a stroll in Dublin City, on her day off from working as a governess in Merrion Square. Lillie Reynolds, a softly spoken young woman who had been ...
James Connolly and his wife Lillie had seven children. The eldest, Mona, died on the eve of the family's departure to join Connolly in America in 1904 at the age of 13, the result of an accident with scalding laundry water.
A native of Co. Wicklow, Lillie Reynolds worked as a domestic servant in Dublin and met James Connolly whilst the latter was serving in Ireland with the British Army. They became engaged in 1888 and married in Perth, Scotland, two years later.
15 de mai. de 2022 · The documentary highlights the lives of widows including Lillie Connolly, Kathleen Clarke, Maud Gonne MacBride, Áine Ceannt, Agnes Mallin, and Grace Plunkett.
