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Máire Drumm
1919Nov, 22

Máire Drumm

Máire Drumm, Irish politician (d. 1976)
Máire Drumm (22 October 1919 – 28 October 1976) was the vice-president of Sinn Féin and a commander in Cumann na mBan. She was killed by Ulster loyalists while recovering from an eye operation in Belfast's Mater Hospital. As Vice President of Sinn Féin, she was known for her fierce and divisive rhetoric which did not shy away from embracing violence.

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