![]() ![]() While Macardle was absent from Ireland during the 1916 Easter Rising, she returned home, and became radicalised quickly during the War of Independence. Her access to formal education positioned her as a woman with the credentials to navigate life in the political and professional public sphere, during a time when women were almost entirely excluded from it. Macardle trained at Alexandra College in Dublin and University College Dublin, where she earned a first-class degree in English Language and Literature. The Macardle family is an example of the rising Catholic middle class in Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The family’s affluence afforded Dorothy the advantage of an education that was otherwise off-limits to women of her time. His wife Minnie was a Protestant Englishwoman who raised her children to respect the British Empire. He was Catholic, and an ardent Irish Home Rule supporter. Thomas owned the Macardle brewing company in Dundalk and it was a national brand. ![]() ![]() THE AUTHOR DOROTHY Macardle’s life, politics and career were utterly remarkable, and all the more so given her upbringing.ĭorothy grew up with privilege as the daughter of Thomas and Minnie Macardle. ![]()
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