[3] She was a member of Cavan County Council for the Ballyjamesduff local electoral area from the 1999 election until 2012.

[4] Tully grew up on a farm in Kilnaleck, County Cavan, where she still lives.

[7] In 2003 Tully married IRA member Pearse McAuley; at the time he was imprisoned for the killing of Jerry McCabe, and granted day release for the wedding.

[9] Her husband was released from prison in August 2009, and she resigned as councillor in 2012 due to the demands of her teaching job and childcare.

[9] She and McAuley separated in February 2014 and on Christmas Eve 2014 he stabbed her 13 times in front of their two children, for which he was imprisoned until June 2022.