Alice Milligan
(1866-1953)

Died aged c. 87

Alice Letitia Milligan [pseud. Iris Olkyrn] (4 September 1865 – 13 April 1953) was an Irish writer and activist in Ireland's Celtic Revival; an advocate for the political and cultural participation of women; and a Protestant-unionist convert to the cause of Irish independence. She was at the height of her renown at the turn of the 20th century when in Belfast, with Anna Johnston, she produced the political and literary monthly The Shan Van Vocht (1896-1899), and when in Dublin the Irish Literary Theatre's performed "The Last Feast of the Fianna” (1900), Milligan's interpretation of Celtic legend as national drama.

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Alice Milligan 1866-1953 Charlotte Milligan Fox 1864-1916 promoters of the Celtic Revival lived in Omagh

Omagh Library, 1 Spillars Place, Omagh, United Kingdom where they lived