RIP Nell McCafferty 1944 - 2024

[Idris2002]

Farewell to Nell. She was a genuine force of nature in her time, Ireland's greatest Marxist Feminist Radical Lesbian journalist. "There is menstrual blood on the walls of Armagh gaol" - that was a typical Nell headline back in the bad old days.

Top stories of 2024: Nell McCafferty: journalist and feminist campaigner dies aged 80

Derry woman was founding member of Irish Women’s Liberation Movement and wrote about social injustice

www.irishtimes.com

We shall not look upon her like again.

 

[Aladdin]

Dad woke my quite deaf mum up to tell her Nell had passed away this morning.
Mum thought he had said someone else ..a relative...
When she got it right she started crying. Nell was someone she liked a lot.
I don't know anyone who ever had a bad word about Nell. She was a feminist. A fighter. A brilliant writer. A lovely all round person. Tough...with a very soft heart.
Ní bheidh a leithéad ann aris.

 

[Aladdin]

Journalist and campaigner Nell McCafferty dies aged 80

Journalist, author and feminist campaigner Nell McCafferty has died aged 80, her family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

 

[krtek a houby]

Her autobiography is well worth a read.

RIP, Nell.

 

[krtek a houby]

‘Fierce, fearless and fiery’ Irish campaigner and writer Nell McCafferty is laid to rest

Those at the funeral in Derry paid tribute to the trailblazing civil rights activist whose influence on modern Ireland is still keenly felt

www.theguardian.com

She really was a force for change in Ireland, a conscience of the nation.

Truly unique.

 

[bellaozzydog]

Formidable women, read her biography and followed up with Nuala O’Faolains

 

[Aladdin]

 

[krtek a houby]

Marty's tie is extraordinarily distracting

 

[Aladdin]

Marty's tie is extraordinarily distracting

Has to have been the 90s