Kathleen Florence Lynn (1874 - 1955)

Kathleen Florence Lynn was an Irish Sinn Féin ^[1]politician, activist Suffragette and medical doctor.

Biography

Kathleen Lynn was born in Ireland.

Kathleen Lynn is Notable.

Kathleen Lynn was a part of the Suffragette Movement.

Kathleen Lynn was born in 1874, the daughter of Robert Young Lynn and Catherine Wynne.^[2][3]

Kathleen was related to Countess Markievicz. Kathleen was educated in England and Germany before graduating as a doctor in 1899 from the Royal University of Ireland.

Kathleen never married, but lived with fellow nationalist and activist Madeleine Ffrench-Mullen. The two shared a close relationship, and an analysis of Kathleen's diaries, which can be found on the Royal College of Physicians website, has suggested that the two were likely in a romantic relationship.^[4]

Katheen Lynn became a GP in 1904 she practising from 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines. She supported the Lock Out of 1913 and as a result joined the Irish Citizen Army.

Kathleen was an active suffragette, labour activist and nationalist. She was a member of the Irish Citizen Army and chief medical officer during the 1916 Easter Rising. She was imprisoned in Kilmainham Gaol, with her friends Constance Markievicz, Madeline ffrench-Mullen and Helena Moloney. She was elected to the Sinn Féin Executive in 1917. Active in the War of Independence, she was arrested in 1918 but was released to assist with the Flu Epedemic.

In 1919 she established St Ultan’s Hospital with the help of her friend Madeleine ffrench Mullen. At first only women staffed the hospital. Kathleen pioneered the use of the BCG vaccination over ten years before it was in general use in Ireland. She promoted the work of Maria Montessori, who visited ^[5]St Ultan’s in 1934, and established a Montessori ward in the hospital. In 1923 Lynn was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency at the 1923 general election. She lost her seat at the ^[6]June 1927 general election. She also unsuccessfully contested the August 1927 by-election for Dublin County.

Kathleen Lynn died on 14 September 1955,^[7] and is buried in the family plot at Deansgrange Cemetery. Because of the role she played in the 1916 Rising and the Irish War of Independence, she was buried with full military honours.^[8]

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Please see this page on Irish Suffragettes for more information.

Census Records

In 1901 Kathleen Lynn, 27 yrs old, House Surgeon resided house 13.1 in Molesworth Street (Part) (Royal Exchange, Dublin). ^[10][11]

In 1911 Kathleen Lynn 37 yrs old, born Mulafarry, Co Mayo, General Practitioner, resided house 9 in Belgrave Road (Rathmines & Rathgar East, Dublin)^[12][13]

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Sources

1. ↑ Seven Women of the Labor movement pdf - Seven Women of the Labour Movement 1916 Written and researched by Sinéad McCoole with a list of women of the Irish Citizen Army
2. ↑ "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGCP-L62 : 10 February 2018), Kathleen Florence Lynn, 28 Jan 1874; citing Ireland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 255,904.
3. ↑ Birth: Irish Genealogy
4. ↑ Kathleen Lynn - Ireland Reaching Out
5. ↑ History Ireland - St Ultan’s Hospital was established in 1919 by Dr Kathleen Lynn and Madeleine French-Mullen in response to socio-medical conditions in Dublin
6. ↑ Wikipedia - Dublin County by-election June 1927
7. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FT5B-X66 : 10 March 2018), DEATHS entry for Kathleen F Lynn; citing Dublin South, Oct - Dec 1955, vol. 2, p. 261, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 257,855.
8. ↑ Death: Irish Genealogy
9. ↑ Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-YM1B : 13 December 2015), Kathleen Florence Lynn, 1955; Burial, Blackrock, , County Dublin, Ireland, Deansgrange Cemetery; citing record ID 31644911.
10. ↑ National Archives
11. ↑ 1901 census: National Archives
12. ↑ National Archives
13. ↑ 1911 census: National Archives
14. ↑ Gone But Not Forgotten - Kathleen Lynn
15. ↑ Easter 1916 Kathleen Lynn
16. ↑ Wikipedia Kathleen Lynn
17. ↑ Fenian Graves website