Maud Gonne MacBride (Irish: Maud Imithe, Bean Mhic Giolla Bhríde, 21 December 1866 – 27 April 1953) was an English-born Irish revolutionary, feminist and actress, best remembered for her turbulent relationship with William Butler Yeats. Of Anglo-Irish stock and birth, she was won over to Irish nationalism by the plight of evicted people in the Land Wars. Active in Home Rule activities afterwards, she was widely admired for her courage and beauty. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate... Feminism is a number of social, cultural and political movements, theories and moral philosophies that are concerned with cultural, political and economic practices and inequalities that discriminate against women; some have argued that gendered and sexed identities, such as man and woman, are socially constructed. ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on 24 January 1908. ... Anglo-Irish was a term used historically to describe a ruling class inhabitants of Ireland who were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy[1], mostly belonging to the Anglican Church of Ireland or to a lesser extent one of the English dissenting churches, such as the Methodist church. ... Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ... The Land War in Irish History was a period of agrarian agitation in rural Ireland in the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s. ... Devolution or Home rule is the pooling of powers from central government to government at regional or local level. ...

Maud Gonne ca. 1900.

Edith Maud Gonne was born near Farnham, Surrey, the eldest daughter of Captain Thomas Gonne (1835–1886) of the 17th Lancers, whose ancestors hailed from Caithness in Scotland, and his wife, Edith Frith Gonne, née Cook (1844–1871). Her mother died while Maud was still a child, and so she was sent to France to be educated. Maud Gonne ca. ... Castle Street Farnham is a small town in Surrey, England. ... Should not be confused with Surry. ... Official name The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridges Own) Colonel-in-Chief Duke of Cambridge Colonel-of-the-Regiment Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Motto Or Glory Nicknames Binghams Dandies The Death or Glory Boys The Horse Marines The Tots The White Lancers Anniversaries Balaklava (20... Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic)[1] is a committee area of Highland Council, Scotland; a lieutenancy area; and a registration county, Caithness was formerly a district within the Highland region from 1975 to 1996 and a local government county with its own county council from 1890 to 1975. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II...

In 1882 her father, an army officer, was, fatefully, posted to Dublin. She accompanied him and remained with him until his death. She returned to France after a bout of tuberculosis and fell in love with a right wing politician, Lucien Millevoye. They agreed to fight for Irish freedom and to regain Alsace-Lorraine for France. She returned to Ireland and worked tirelessly for the release of Irish political prisoners from jail. In 1889 she first met William Butler Yeats, who fell in love with her. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: 01, +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease that is caused by mycobacteria, primarily Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Imperial Province of Elsaß-Lothringen Alsace-Lorraine (German: , generally Elsass-Lothringen) was a territorial entity created by the German Empire in 1871 after the annexation of most of Alsace and parts of Lorraine in the Franco-Prussian War. ... A political prisoner is someone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, because their ideas or image are deemed by a government to either challenge or threaten the authority of the state. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... W.B. Yeats in Dublin on 24 January 1908. ...

In 1890 she returned to France where she once again met Millevoye. In 1891, she briefly joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a magical organization with which Yeats had involved himself. Between 1893 and 1895, she and Millevoye had two children together. Only the second, a girl named Iseult Lucille Germaine Millevoye, survived, and would later marry the Irish-Australian novelist, Francis Stuart. Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (or, more commonly, the Golden Dawn) was a magical order of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, practicing a form of theurgy and spiritual development. ... A magical organization is an organization put up for the furtherance of its members by use of magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members. ... Francis Stuart (1902-2000) was a prolific Irish writer whose novels have a thrusting modernist iconoclasm. ...

During the 1890s, Maud travelled extensively throughout England, Scotland and the United States campaigning for the nationalist cause. In 1899 her relationship with Millevoye ended.

In 1897, along with Yeats and Arthur Griffith, she organized protests against the Queen's Jubilee. At Easter 1900, she founded Inghinidhe na hÉireann ("Daughters of Ireland"), a revolutionary women's society, to provide a home for Irish nationalist women who, like Maud herself, were considered unwelcome in male-dominated nationalist societies. In April 1902, she took a leading role in a play by Yeats, Cathleen Ní Houlihan. She gave a powerful acting performance in her portrayal of Cathleen, the "old woman of Ireland," who mourns for her four green fields (provinces), lost to the English colonizers. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland in Irish) was a revolutionary women’s society founded by Maud Gonne on Easter Sunday 1900. ... Scene From Yeats play, Cathleen Ní Houlihan, circa 1912 production Cathleen Ní Houlihan is a one act play written by Irish playwright William Butler Yeats in 1902 and first performed in 1904. ...

In the same year, Maud joined the Roman Catholic Church. She refused many marriage proposals from Yeats because she viewed him as insufficiently nationalist and because of his unwillingness to convert to Roman Catholicism (due, at least in part, to his occult leanings, as President of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn^{[citation needed]}). Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Roman Catholic Church... An Irish nationalist is generally one who seeks (greater) independence of Ireland from Great Britain, including since 1921 the goal of a United Ireland. ... The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (or, more commonly, the Golden Dawn) was a magical order of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, practicing a form of theurgy and spiritual development. ...

She married Major John MacBride in Paris in 1903. The following year, their son, Sean MacBride, was born. However after the failed marriage ended in divorce her husband returned to Ireland. He was a veteran who had led the Irish Transvaal Brigade against the British in the second Boer War. MacBride was executed in 1916 along with James Connolly and other leaders of the Easter Rising. She remained in Paris until 1917. Major John MacBride (7 May 1865 – 5 May 1916) was an Irish republican who was executed for his leading role in the Easter Rising of 1916. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was a senior Irish politician, barrister, revolutionary & statesman. ... Two Irish commandos fought with the Boers during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) // Irish Transvaal Brigade John MacBride, a friend of Arthur Griffiths, organised the Irish Transvaal Brigade. ... Combatants British Empire Orange Free State South African Republic Commanders Sir Redvers Buller Lord Kitchener Lord Roberts Paul Kruger Louis Botha Koos de la Rey Martinus Steyn Christiaan de Wet Casualties 5000 - 6000 Battlefield casualties, 15,000 disease related. ... James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; June 5, 1868 – May 12, 1916) was an Irish socialist leader. ... Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly Brigadier-General Lowe General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ...

In 1918 she was arrested in Dublin and imprisoned in England for six months. During the War of Independence she worked with the White Cross for the relief of victims of violence. In 1921 she opposed the Treaty and advocated the Republican side. She finally settled in Dublin in 1922. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... An Irish War of Independence memorial in Dublin The Anglo-Irish War (also known as the Irish War of Independence) was a guerrilla campaign mounted against the British government in Ireland by the Irish Republican Army under the proclaimed legitimacy of the First Dáil, the extra-legal Irish parliament... Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty The Anglo-Irish Treaty, officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom and representatives of the extra-judicial Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

Maud Gonne MacBride published her autobiography in 1938, ironically titled "A Servant of the Queen", a reference to a vision she had of the Irish queen of old, Cathleen (or Caitlin) Ní Houlihan.

No poet has celebrated a woman's beauty to the extent Yeats did in his lyric verse about Maud. From his second book to Last Poems, she became the Rose, Helen of Troy, the Ledaean Body, Cathleen Ní Houlihan, Pallas Athene and Deirdre. Helen was the wife of Menelaus and reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, and her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. ... Scene From Yeats play, Cathleen Ní Houlihan, circa 1912 production Cathleen Ní Houlihan is a one act play written by Irish playwright William Butler Yeats in 1902 and first performed in 1904. ... This article is about the goddess Athena. ... Deirdre or Derdriu is the foremost tragic heroine in Irish mythology. ...

Many of the poems of Yeats are inspired by her, or mention her, such as "A Prayer for my Daughter". He wrote the plays The Countess Cathleen and Cathleen Ní Houlihan for her. His poem "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" ends poignantly: The Countess Cathleen (1899) by William Butler Yeats is a short play set ahistorically, but recognisibly during the famine of the 1840s. ... Scene From Yeats play, Cathleen Ní Houlihan, circa 1912 production Cathleen Ní Houlihan is a one act play written by Irish playwright William Butler Yeats in 1902 and first performed in 1904. ...

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Her son, Sean MacBride, was active in politics in Ireland and in the United Nations. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974. Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was a senior Irish politician, barrister, revolutionary & statesman. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ...

She died in Clonskeagh, aged 86 and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Clonskeagh or Clonskea (Irish Cluain Sceach, meadow of the whitethorn), is a suburb of Dublin in the north of county Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in the Republic of Ireland. ... Glasnevin Cemetery, also known as Prospect Cemetery, is the main Catholic cemetery in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. ...

She was mentioned in the Bell X1 song Alphabet Soup and The Cranberries' song Yeats' Grave. Bell X1 are an Irish band, hailing from North County Kildare, Ireland. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

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