Kay Keohane-O'Riordan

Kay Keohane-O'Riordan (an haife ta a ranar 22 ga watan Satumba na shekara ta 1910 - 17 Disamba 1991) ƴar ƙasar Ireland ne mai fafutukar jin daɗin jama'a kuma ƴar gurguzu. 

 Rayuwar farko da iyali 
An haifi Kay Keohane-O'Riordan Catherine Keohane akan Titin Convent, Clonakilty, County Cork a cikin 22 Satumba 1910. Iyayenta su ne Julianna (née O'Regan) da Laurence Keohane, mason dutse. Ita ce ta hudu cikin 'ya'ya maza 3 da mata 4. Dukan iyayen O'Riordan, suna yara, an kore su tare da iyalansu daga gonakin hayar su a lokacin yaƙin ƙasa . Kakan mahaifiyarta ya ci gaba da kafa kasuwancin kwai a Clonakilty, wanda har yanzu yana kasancewa a matsayin Shannonvale Foods. Mahaifin O'Riordan ɗan asalin ƙasar Ireland ne kuma ƙwararren mai magana ne, kuma mai goyon bayan Jam'iyyar Labour na rayuwa.  name="White">White, Lawrence William (2009). "O'Riordan, Catherine ('Kay')". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 'Yar uwarta, Máire, ta ci gaba da zama mai fafutukar ƙwadago da ƙwadago.  

Ta halarci makarantar firamare ta gida da kuma Mercy Convent, Clonakilty. Bayan ta bar makaranta, ta shiga aikin farar hula, tana aiki da Ma'aikatar Jin Dadin Jama'a a Cork, Clonmel da kuma Dublin daga baya, kafin ta koma sashen sufurin jiragen sama na Sashen Masana'antu da Kasuwanci. Ta auri Michael O'Riordan a watan Nuwamba 1946, a cocin Katolika na Rathmines, Dublin. A dalilin auren dole ta yi ritaya daga aikin gwamnati. A lokacin hutun amarcinsu a Ingila, sun ziyarci jumhuriyar Ireland a kurkukun Parkhurst, waɗanda aka daure saboda shiga cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe na IRA na 1939. A cikin Fabrairu 1946, sun ƙaura daga Cork zuwa Dublin, suna zaune a 37 Victoria Street, South Circular Road, Portobello . Sun haifi 'ya'ya mata biyu da namiji, babbar 'yarsu ta rasu tun tana karama. 'Yar su, Brenda (an haife ta a shekara ta 1952), ta zama malamar harshe da mawaƙa, kuma ɗansu, Manus (an haife shi a shekara ta 1949), ya yi aiki ga ƙungiyoyin kasuwanci. White, Lawrence William (2009). "O'Riordan, Catherine ('Kay')". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

 Ayyukan aiki 
O'Riordan na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar ma'aikatan Irish a cikin 1947, tare da ita da mijinta suna da hannu sosai a cikin ƙungiyar. Ta yi shawarwarin kasancewa duka biyun Katolika mai kishin addini da kwaminisanci, dole ne ta nemi firist, a cocin Whitefriars Street Carmelite, wanda ya kasance mai furci mai tausayi. Ta kasance memba mai ƙwaƙƙwara na Ƙungiyar Abokan Hulɗa na Irish-Soviet kuma daga baya Ireland-USSR Society. Yayin da take jin tausayin Tarayyar Soviet, ita ma ta kasance mai sukar su, ciki har da murkushe tashin hankalin Hungarian a 1956. Ta yi adawa da duk wani nau'i na kyamar Yahudawa, kuma ta shiga cikin ayyukan gidan tarihin Yahudawa na Irish da kuma al'ummar Yahudawa na gida a Portobello, wanda ke kusa da gidanta. Har ila yau, ta kasance cikin gwagwarmayar yaki da wariyar launin fata, kuma ta shiga cikin yakin neman hakkin jama'a da kuma inganta yanayin zamantakewa. Ta kasance mai himma a cikin shirye-shiryen karatun yara, da kuma taimakon 'yan gudun hijira daga Chile da suka tsere daga mulkin Pinochet . White, Lawrence William (2009). "O'Riordan, Catherine ('Kay')". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ta kasance memba na dogon lokaci a Conradh na Gaeilge, kuma ta rene 'ya'yanta a matsayin masu magana da Irish. Ta kasance mawaƙiya mai hazaka kuma ta buga garaya ta Irish, tana yin wasan kwaikwayo a gidan rediyon Éireann da kuma gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Abbey . Ta kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Kiɗa na Ireland da Cairde na Cruite . O'Riordan kuma yana sha'awar al'adun Jamus, kiɗa, da harshe kuma yana da hannu tare da Cibiyar Goethe . Ta yi magana da Sean O'Casey tsawon shekaru da yawa, kuma ita ce batun hotuna biyu na Gaetano de Gennaro a cikin 1943. White, Lawrence William (2009). "O'Riordan, Catherine ('Kay')". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

O'Riordan ya mutu a Asibitin Meath, Dublin akan 17 Disamba 1991. An kona ta a Glasnevin crematorium.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1991
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1910