Máire Comerford
Máire Aoife Comerford (2 June 1893 - 15 December 1982) was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican from County Wexford who witnessed central events in 1916-23 and remained a committed supporter of Cumann na mBan until her death. Her memoir of the Irish revolutionary period, ''On Dangerous Ground'', was published posthumously in 2021. Early life Comerford was born Mary Eva Comerford on 2 June 1893 in Rathdrum, County Wicklow. Her parents were James Comerford, a flour and corn miller who owned the Comerford Mill, and Eva Mary Esmonde. She had two brothers (Thomas and Alexander) and one sister (Dympna). Her maternal grandfather, Thomas Esmonde (VC), Thomas Esmonde had been awarded a Victoria Cross, V.C. for bravery in the Crimean War in 1854. On his return to Ireland he joined the Royal Irish Constabulary and was promoted to Deputy Chief Inspector. Her father died when she was 16 and in 1911 she was sent to London to a secretarial school. During this time she stayed in the La ...
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