Bríd Dixon (born 13 February 1893) was an Irish nationalist and republican who was one of the women in the GPO during the Easter Rising of 1916.
Bríd Dixon Fee | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bridget Angela Dixon 13 February 1893 Phibsborough, Ireland |
| Died | Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Other names | Bridget, Brigid |
Early life
editBorn Bridget Angela Dixon to Henry Dixon and Mary Gillis of Phibsborough, Dublin. Her father was a nationalist and a solicitors clerk.[1][2][3] Dixon was educated in Irish at the instruction of her father. She then attended Muckross Park Dominican Convent in Donnybrook. Dixon and her sisters attended Irish College in Ballingeary on several occasions. Dixon was a member of the Keating Branch of the Gaelic League. As with many others Dixon then joined the Cumann na mBan's Central branch. She took part in the usual activities, learning first aid and marching at major events like the O'Donovan Rossa funeral. Dixon was a founder member of Na bAisteoiri - a Dramatic Society for the production of plays in the Irish Language. It later became the Comhar Dramuiochta.[4]
Revolution
editThe weekend before the Easter Rising Dixon's father sent her out of the city. However her brother cycled out to her to let her know where she was to report on the Monday.[5] Dixon assisted Brigid Foley deliver money in safety[6] but with the confusion during the week, for the first few days Dixon and those with her were not much used. By midweek they had made it into town and during the fighting they made their way into the General Post Office (GPO). In fact Dixon was with Leslie Price. They had determined that they were going to make it down to O'Connell Street to the Post office. They were given separate jobs once they arrived.[7]
Initially Dixon worked for Louise Gavan Duffy in the kitchen upstairs. On Wednesday she was sent out as a messenger with ammunition for Father Mathew Hall in Church Street with Price. The two were often sent with dispatches together.[7][8][9][10] Other activities she was put to was the copying out of instructions to various leaders. Eventually with the main group of women in the GPO they were evacuated from the building. Only a small number of women remained with the men. Although questioned by the soldiers and unable to go home until the hostilities were completely over, Dixon was not arrested or imprisoned.[5]
Dixon married Bernard E. Fee, an engineering draughtsman on 12 August 1931.[11]
Further reading
edit"Miss Louise Gavan Duffy" (PDF). Bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
"RTÉ Archives". Rte.ie. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
Fearghal McGarry (1 September 2011). Rebels: Voices from the Easter Rising. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 296–. ISBN 978-0-14-196930-5.
Fearghal McGarry (2010). The Rising: Ireland, Easter 1916. Oxford University Press. pp. 161–. ISBN 978-0-19-280186-9.
Senia Pašeta (5 December 2013). Irish Nationalist Women, 1900-1918. Cambridge University Press. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-1-107-04774-7.
References
edit- ^ "Birth registration" (PDF). Https. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Death registration" (PDF). Https. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Irish Genealogy". Marriage registry. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Judge Fionan Lynch" (PDF). Bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Witness Statement 484 (Bríd Dixon)" (PDF). Bureau of Military History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "WS 541 (Nancy Wyse-Power)" (PDF). Bureau of Military History. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Mrs Tom Barry née Leslie Price" (PDF). Bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Helen Litton (2 May 2014). Thomas Clarke: 16Lives. O'Brien Press. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-1-84717-654-7.
- ^ Greg Daly. "On an equality with men…". Irishcatholic.ie. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ John Bowman (15 September 2016). Ireland: The Autobiography: One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-1-84488-283-0.
- ^ "Marriage of BERNARD Fee and BRIGID Dixon" (PDF). 12 August 1931. Retrieved 22 October 2016.