Kathleen Browne
Kathleen Browne | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 20 June 1929 – 29 May 1936 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kathleen Anne Browne 1 October 1878 Bridgetown, County Wexford, Ireland |
| Died | 9 October 1943 (aged 65) County Wexford, Ireland |
| Political party | Cumann na nGaedheal |
Kathleen Anne Browne (1 October 1878 – 9 October 1943) was an Irish politician, farmer, writer, historian and archaeologist. She was arrested after the Easter Rising and held in Kilmainham Gaol. During the Civil War, she was Pro-Treaty and joined Cumann na nGaedheal. She was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1929 to 1936. She was a fluent speaker of Yola, an Anglic language of Wexford.