Dorothy Macardle

Dorothy Macardle (2 February 1889, in Dundalk – 23 December 1958, in Drogheda) was an Irish writer, novelist, playwright, journalist and non-academic historian. 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. 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.