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2 unusual facts about Eithne Coyle


Eithne Coyle

Following the signing of the treaty she toured County Donegal, County Londonderry and County Tyrone and found that many of the local branches had lost much of their membership and was forced to reorganise the movement in Ulster as a more streamlined model.

During the Irish War of Independence whilst Coyle was based in the Longford-Roscommon area she became a close comrade of the local Irish Republican Army, providing them with sketches of a local police station that she knew.



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