Máiréad Ní Ghráda

Ní Ghráda, Máiréad (1896-1971), playwright; born in Co. Clare and educated at the Convent of Mercy, Ennis, and UCD. A member of Cumann na mBan, the women's division of the Irish Volunteers, she was secretary to Ernest Blythe during the period of the first Dáil Éireann. She published a collection of short stories, An Bheirt Dearbhráthar agus Scéalta Eile (1939), as well as a science fiction novel, Mannán (1940). Her plays include An Uacht (1935), An Grá agus An Gárda (1937), Giolla an tSolais (1954), Úll Glas Oíche Shamhna (1960), Súgán Sneachta (1962), Stailc Ocrais (1966), and Breithiúnas (1978). An Triail was one of the successes of the Dublin Theatre Festival of 1964.