Alice Milligan

Alice Milligan
Born4 September 1865
Gortmore, County Tyrone, Ireland
Died13 April 1953
Trichur, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationMethodist College Belfast
Occupation(s)Writer, Poet, Dramatist
MovementGaelic League, Irish Women's Association, Sinn Féin

Alice Letitia Milligan [pseud. Iris Olkyrn] (4 September 1865 – 13 April 1953) was an Irish writer and activist in Ireland's Celtic Revival; an advocate for the political and cultural participation of women; and a Protestant-unionist convert to the cause of Irish independence. She was at the height of her renown at the turn of the 20th century when in Belfast, with Anna Johnston, she produced the political and literary monthly The Shan Van Vocht (1896–1899), and when in Dublin the Irish Literary Theatre's performed "The Last Feast of the Fianna” (1900), Milligan's interpretation of Celtic legend as national drama.


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