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Brigid Lyons Thornton

Brigid Lyons Thornton (13 May 1896 – 15 November 1987) was an Irish republican who was a member of Cumann na mBan, an officer in the Irish Free State Army and a doctor. From a young age she was involved in the nationalist movement, starting with selling badges and flags at the funeral of O'Donovan Rossa in 1915.

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• ▸Benjamin Cornwell
• ▸David Gauld
• ▸Adipose tissue

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