Molly O'Reilly (activist)

[1] At the age of 11 she joined Clann na nGaedheal, an Irish republican girl scouts movement formed by May and Liz Kelly in 1909.

[3] Two years later, appalled by the living conditions in the Dublin tenements, she volunteered to support the workers and their families during the 1913 Lock-out and helped organise a soup kitchen in Liberty Hall.

After Connolly was fatally hit by machine gun fire while raising the tricolour over City Hall, leaving them without a commandant, O'Reilly and Helena Molony went to the GPO to request reinforcements without success.

[10] After the failure of the Easter Rising and then the execution of its leaders, including James Connolly, O'Reilly travelled to Yorkshire to study nursing for a three years before returning to Ireland to join Cumann na mBan during the War of Independence.

Molly O’Reilly is remembered as part of Ireland's fight for freedom from British Rule during an important moment in Irish history.