Woods, Molly Flannery (1875-1952)

Person

Dates

Existence: 1875 - 1952

Biographical Note

Mary Flannery Woods was born in 1875. She began writing for various publications as early as 1900. During the Irish Civil War, she was involved in the activities of Cumann na mban, the woman's branch of the Irish Volunteer Force, later the Irish Republican Army. She married fellow Irish nationalist Andrew Woods. Her home was a known arms and ammunitions depot for certain units of the Irish Republican Army.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Woods, Mary (Mollie), 1937-1951, undated

File — Box 4, Folder: 64

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series includes extensive research files related to Maire Comerford's life as an Irish republican and nationalist. Materials primarily contain newspaper clippings, as well as artifacts, correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed material and other ephemera. Notable topics include the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, nationalism, the Northern Ireland conflict, and the fight for political prisoners' rights. Also important to Comerford were women's rights, Irish agriculture,...

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1937-1951, undated

Found in: / Maire Comerford papers / Research files and collected materials

Molly Flannery Woods papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-1995-034

Abstract

The collection documents the political and personal activities of Irish journalist and nationalist Molly Flannery Woods. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, and scrapbooks. Much of the material relates to Irish nationalism in the early twentieth-century and Woods' time with Cumann na mBan.