Full Name Maire McAleer Nationality Irish | Term 1972 - 1976 Name Maire Drumm | |
Cause of death Assassinated by Ulster loyalist paramilitaries Known for Civil rights leader, public orator and figurehead of the republican movement Title Vice President of Sinn Fein | ||
Sinn f in vice president m ire drumm remembered
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.
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- Sinn f in vice president m ire drumm remembered
- M ire drumm on the ending of special category status
- Quotes
- References
Born in Newry, County Down to a staunchly Irish republican family. Drumm's mother had been active in the War of Independence and the Civil War. Drumm grew up in the village of Killean, County Armagh, where she played camogie. She was active in the republican movement after meeting her husband, a republican prisoner, and became involved in the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association in the 1960s and worked to rehouse Catholics forced from their homes by loyalist intimidation.
She was jailed twice for seditious speeches. After she was released from HM Prison Armagh, raids on her house by the security forces escalated, her health began to fail and she was admitted to the Mater Hospital, Belfast.
On 28 October 1976, Maíre Drumm was shot dead in her hospital bed in a joint operation by the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Defence Association.
M ire drumm on the ending of special category status
Quotes
Drumm's speeches and quotations can be found on murals across Northern Ireland. These include: