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The Female Spies of Ireland Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Susan Killeen Confidante of MC Siobhan Creedon Associate Deciphered messages Nora Wallace Helped Cork Brigades Code-breaker Associate Nancy O'Brien MC's cousin Josephine Marchmount Spied against British Head of Civilian Clerks and Typists at Worked with coded messages at Dublin Castle Cork Military Barracks Spied for Ireland Employee Confirmed Troop movements Married prominent IRA member Employee Dublin Castle British Operational HQ during Ind. War Participant Associate Mary Collins-Powell Associate MC's sister Associate Courier Intel Officer Participant Page 1 of 12 Associate Participant Participant Michael Collins President of the IRB Director of Munitions for IRA Director of Intelligence of the Irish Volunteers Employee Adjutant General and Director of Organization Minister of Finances: Dial Abbr: M.C. Kathleen Napoli MacKenna Courier Associate Associate MC's Secretary Participant Associate Associate Associate Participant Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Location Associate Kitty Kiernan Fiance of MC 44 Mountjoy St. Attacked by British Safe House Furry Park, Dublin Madeline Dicker Linda Kearns Safe House MC's Girlfriend Meeting Place for IRB, IRA, and CnamB Associate Gun-runner Hid MC Participant Arrested, Broke out Courier Participant Sinead Mason Location Associate MC's Secretary War for Independence Owner Civil War Harry Boland Leader of the Movement Friend of MC Associate Associate 30 Mountjoy St. Josephine Marchmount Safe House Associate Head of Civilian Clerks and Typists at Associate Cork Military Barracks Spied for Ireland Confirmed Troop movements Married prominent IRA member Eithne Coyle Associate Gun-runner Mary Burke Employee Gun-runner Lily Mernin Associate Typist at Dublin Castle Intel Officer for MC Spied for British Spies Aileen Keough Gun-runner Page 2 of 12 Employee Owner Associate Associate Location Associate Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Michael Collins President of the IRB Director of Munitions for IRA Director of Intelligence of the Irish Volunteers Adjutant General and Director of Organization Minister of Finances: Dial Abbr: M.C. Associate Associate Participant Associate Associate Associate Dr. Alice Barry Gave medical attention to Irish fighters Ellie Lyons Associate Associate MC's typist Associate Participant Easter Rising of 1916 Associate Associate Ned Broy IRb, IRA member Participant Madge Hales Associate Secured arms deal with Italy sister of Donal Hales linked MC to Liam Deasy Associate Associate Dr. Brigid Lyons Medical worker Lady Hazel Lavery Courier 'Irish girl' Undercover Operative in Britain Spied on British Gun-runner Involved in Political Talks Arrested Associate Eileen McGrane Intel Officer House raided, led to near-capture of Broy First woman court-martialled Associate Associate Associate Page 3 of 12 Associate Maire Comerford Intel officer Courier Owner Participant Associate Participant Associate Participant Participant Associate Associate Patricia Hoey Courier Saved MC from raid Participant Mespil Road MC's Intel Office Associate Page 4 of 12 Participant Participant Associate Associate Associate Participant Associate Florrie O'Donoghue Cumann na Saoirse Participant IRA member Offshoot of CnamB Courier Friend of MC pro-Treaty Richard Mulcahy High-ranking member of Cork Brigades Min Ryan Participant Participant Participant Alice Stopford-Green Civil War worker pro-Treaty Margaret O'Shea Civil War worker pro-Treaty Jennie Wyse-Power Intel officer Participant Participant Participant Page 5 of 12 Associate Associate Aileen Keough Gun-runner Florrie O'Donoghue IRA member Employee Courier Friend of MC Owner Associate Associate Location Associate Captain Webb Chief Officer of the Cork Military Barracks Participant Employee Clonliffe Road Tom Cullen Frank Saurin Spied for British Spies Spied for British Spies Major General Sir Peter Strickland Commander of British forces in Munster, Kilkenny, and Wexford Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Participant Page 6 of 12 Cumann na mBan Irish Women's Paramilitary Organization Abbr: CnamB Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Maire Comerford Intel officer Courier Associate Owner Moya Llewellyn Davis Gun runner Participant Spied on British Associate Intel Officer Associate Participant Close friend of MC Associate Associate Participant Kathleen Lynn Associate Courier Lloyd George Batt O'Connor British Politician Associate Participant Nora Connolly O'Brien Daughter of James Connolly Founding member, CnamB Participant Countess Constance Markievicz Participant Fought in the Easter Rising Arrested by British Participant Participant First Women Elected to House of Commons Sniper during the Civil War Link Participant Participant Participant British House of Commons Participant Participant Nora O'Leary Page 7 ofS 1he2l t ered CnamB and IRA members ParticipantParticipant Associate Associate Associate Associate Participant Peg Barrett Spied against British Courier Gun-runner Participant Associate Participant Agnes Daly Courier b/w Brigades Intel Officer Participant Participant Associate Associate Page 8 of 12 Participant Associate Associate Owner Associate Associate Participant Participant Page 9 of 12 Associate Participant Participant Participant Participant Cumann na mBan Irish Women's Paramilitary Organization Abbr: CnamB Participant Participant Participant Terence MacSwiney Deceased, Famous Martyr Participant Participant Associate Participant Participant Page 10 of 12 Associate Participant Participant Participant Participant Nora O'Leary Sheltered CnamB and IRA members Participant Link ParticipantParticipant Leslie Price CnamB organizer Participant Gun runner Participant Participant Four Court Anti-Treaty Organization Participant Fought Against MC in Civil War Muriel MacSwiney Participant Associate Associate Participant Participant Associate Participant Associate Participant Participant Tom Barry Involved in Rosscarbery ambush Mary MacSwiney Participant Wife of Terence MacSwiney Associate Participant Kathleen Clarke Associate Owner Wife of Tom Clarke, died in Easter Rising Major Aid Organizer Madge Daly Courier Intel Officer Page 11 of 12 Participant Participant Participant Associate Associate Participant Participant Associate Associate White Cross Participant Organization formed to organize aid from the United States Owner late 1920 Collected intel for MC Participant Participant Participant Participant Hanna Sheehy Skeffington Participant Associate Molly Childers Dell Barrett Wife of Erskine Childers Intel Officer Courier Participant Associate Associate Josephine Barrett Intel Officer Participant Courier Participant Owner Daly Bakery Parnell Square Front for IRA, IRB Page 12 of 12 .
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