Margaret skinnider autobiography of a face

Margaret Skinnider was born in Scotland around 1893. Her mother was Scottish and her father was originally from Co. Monaghan.

Margaret skinnider autobiography of a face value

She trained as a teacher in Glasgow and taught mathematics there until 1916, when she resigned to take part in the Easter Rising in Dublin. She also worked in the campaign for women’s suffrage and was a member of the Women’s Social and Political Union in Scotland.

During the War for Irish Independence (1916-1923) Skinnider became an active member of Cummann na mBan, the women’s auxiliary to the Irish Republican Army and in 1922 was made Paymaster General for the IRA. Skinnider joined a rifle practice club in Scotland where women could learn to shoot in defence of the British Empire.

“I kept on till I was a good marksman”, she wrote in her autobiography, “I believed the opportunity would soon come to defend my own country”.

Margaret Skinnider went to Dublin at Christmas 1915 at the invitation of Constance Markievicz.

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