• In 1917, Yeats, in his fifties, proposed first to Maud Gonne, who turned him down, and then to the 23-year-old Iseult, who did not accept either.
  • However, the brief opening section, entitled “I Saw the Queen”, is pivotal to start exploring how Gonne chose to deal with this dimension.
  • She was born at Tongham near Farnham, Surrey, as Edith Maud Gonne, the eldest daughter of Captain Thomas Gonne (1835–1886) of the 17th Lancers...
  • Maud Gonne was an Irish patriot, actress, and feminist. She was one of the founders of Sinn Féin (“We Ourselves”), and an early member of the theatre...
  • After a troubled childhood, Maud Gonne discovers Paris and its circle of intellectuals. Maud Gonne was born in England on December 21, 1866.
  • Maud Gonne’s name appears in Ulysses’ third episode, “Proteus”, as Stephen rummages through his recollections of his brief sojourn in Paris.
  • Maud gonne For those who have heard the name of Maud Gonne, they probably have an idea that she was an Irish political activist.
  • One of the least known today, yet the most influential Irish Revolutionaries of her time, was a lady named Maud Gonne.
  • Maud Gonne (1866-1953) founded Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Erin) in 1900 to bring together Irishwomen, who at that time were excluded from political...
  • Maud Gonne, the eldest of two daughters, was born on December 20, 1866, to Thomas Gonne and Edith Frith Gonne, nee Cook, in the village of Tongham in...