Áine Ceannt

Áine Ceannt (née Ní Bhraonáin; 23 September 1880 – 2 February 1954) was an Irish revolutionary activist and humanitarian leader.

It was through her Irish language activism that she met her future husband Éamonn Ceannt, whom she married in June 1905.

Newly widowed, she continued her republican activism, serving as Vice-President of Cumann na mBan and as a member of the Sinn Féin Standing Committee.

In the years that followed, she spearheaded efforts to secure state compensation for the widows and the children of those who had died in 1916 and in the War of Independence.

[4] She served as the head of the Children’s Fund of the Irish White Cross, an American-funded humanitarian organisation founded to assist victims of unrest in Ireland.