M%C3%A1ire Nic Shiubhlaigh

Mire Nic Shiubhlaigh was an Irish actress and republican activist. She started acting in her teens and appeared in the first Irishlanguage play performed in Ireland. She was a foundermember of the Abbey Theatre and was leading lady on its opening night in 1904, when she played the title role in W.B. Yeatss Cathleen Ni Houlihan. She later joined the Theatre of Ireland, which she helped to found.

Nic Shiubhlaigh was born Mary Elizabeth Walker in Charlemont Street, Dublin into a nationalist and Irishspeaking family. Her father, Matthew, came from County Carlow and was a printer and publisher who became proprietor of the Gaelic Press. Her mother, Mary, was a dressmaker from Dublin. She grew up in 56 High Street in the Dublin Liberties.

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