![]() ![]() ![]() Dorothy and her siblings were raised Roman Catholic, but their mother tried to instil in them anglophilia and love of the British Empire. ![]() Lucy's family was intertwineded with the British Army indeed her uncle was the General William Hicks. Her father was Sir Thomas Callan Macardle, a Catholic who supported home rule in Ireland while her mother was Lucy "Minnie" Macardle, who came from an English Anglican background and was a Unionist in her politics. Her book, The Irish Republic, is one of the more frequently cited narrative accounts of the Irish War of Independence and its aftermath, particularly for its exposition of the anti- treaty viewpoint.ĭorothy Macardle (alternatively spelled McArdle) was born in Dundalk, Ireland, in 1889 into a wealthy brewing family famous for their Macardle's Ale. Associated throughout her life with Irish republicanism, she was a founding member of Fianna Fáil in 1926 and was considered to be closely aligned with Eamon de Valera until her death, although she was vocal critic of how women were represented in the 1937 constitution created by Fianna Fáil. Dorothy Macardle (2 February 1889, in Dundalk – 23 December 1958, in Drogheda) was an Irish writer, novelist, playwright, journalist and non-academic historian. ![]()
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