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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.
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12 de ago. de 2016 · During this time, Connolly lived at Countess Markievizc's home in Dublin, while Lillie made a home in Belfast for the family, with Connolly traveling to Belfast every weekend. During the now infamous '1913 Dublin Lock Out' for which Connolly was jailed, Lillie walked from the jail to the mansion of the lord lieutenant and persuaded the politician to intercede for her husband.
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.
21 de nov. de 2014 · Lillie Connolly’s story was the easiest to research, because of the wealth of material written about their upbringing by her daughters Nora and Ina.
- Sinéad Mccoole
9 de jan. de 2016 · Lillie said, “Your life, James, your beautiful life.”. “Well, Lillie,” he answered, “hasn’t it been a full life, and isn’t this a good end?”. Nora told him of the executions of ...
- Ronan Mcgreevy
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.
Remaining in Dublin, in August 1916 Lillie Connolly was received into the Catholic Church, Fiona her sole witness. She did not make public appearances but when she died in 1938 she was accorded a state funeral .
