Brigid Foley

**Brigid Foley** (14 Afrilu 1887 - 28 Yuni 1970) ' Yar asalin ƙasar Ireland ce kuma 'yar jam'iyyar Republican wacce take ɗaya daga cikin mata biyar da ke gidan yarin Lewes sakamakon tashin Ista na 1916.

## Rayuwar farko
An haife ta a shekarar 1887 a Killeagh a County Cork ga Richard Foley da Margaret Long. Iyayenta masu magana da harshen Irish ne. Lokacin da take da shekaru 15, an tura Foley makaranta a Dublin inda ta shiga Keating Branch of the Gaelic League . 'Yan uwanta sun riga sun kasance membobi ciki har da Nora, Cait da Micheal. Iyalan da ke Dublin suna gudanar da Kamfanin Ciniki na Foley Typewriter.  

A shekarar 1915 ta shiga Cumann na mBan, reshen tsakiya. Foley ta shiga cikin dukkan ayyukan da ƙungiyar ta saba yi tun daga koyon taimakon gaggawa da ɗaukar saƙonni zuwa ɗaukar bindigogi inda ake buƙata. Ta yi aiki musamman tsakanin Seán Mac Diarma zuwa ɗan'uwanta wanda ke aiki a Birmingham a cikin makamai. Ta kuma shiga cikin dawo da Liam Mellows daga Ingila inda aka kora shi. A lokacin makon tsarki an aika Foley zuwa Cork tare da rubutaccen wasiƙu ga Tomas McCurtain da lauya Mr Healy. Foley yawanci ta ƙi sanin abin da ke cikin wasiƙun don ta fi mayar da martani idan Turawan Birtaniya suka yi mata tambayoyi. A ɗaya daga cikin tafiye-tafiyen da ta yi zuwa Cork, 'yan sanda sun bincika ta kuma sun tsare ta amma ta kasa gano wasiƙun da take ɗauke da su. An bi ta zuwa coci amma ta guje wa masu binciken kuma ta sami nasarar kai ƙararta ga ɗan'uwan McCurtain.  

Séamus O'Connor ya nemi Foley, tare da wasu, su ɗauki bindigogin da aka adana a titin Arran, Drumcondra, Dublin, waɗanda ake buƙatar a ɗauke su. Kitty O'Doherty ta ɗauki matakin ne bayan da wasu mata da maza suka zo don taimakawa a kan hanyar zuwa wurin. Daga nan aka sallami Foley da Effie Taafe, suka bar wasu su ɗauki bindigogin.  A wani lokaci kuma aka nemi Foley ya kai kuɗi don Séamus O'Connor. 

## Juyin Juya Hali
Da zarar tashin Ista ya fara kuma Foley ta dawo birnin, sai ta yi aiki tana isar da saƙonni daga Ofishin Wasiku na Janar (GPO) a kewayen birnin ga shugabanni daban-daban, sannan aka tura ta don ƙirƙirar tashar agajin gaggawa. Dr. Touhy ya isa tare da mai aikin sa kai na farko da ya ji rauni.  

An kama Foley a ranar da aka kashe Tom Clarke aka kuma aika shi zuwa Kilmainham Gaol, bayan an yi masa bincike a Barikin Ship Street sannan kuma a Barkin Richmond, tare da wasu mata da yawa. Matan sun shafe watanni da dama a gidan yarin Mountjoy . An aika Foley zuwa gidan yarin HM da ke Lewes tare da wasu mata hudu. An sake ta da Marie Perolz kafin sauran matan bayan an gabatar da batun a Majalisar Dokoki.  Sai ya zama cewa ana tuhumar Foley da laifin saukar makamai a Kerry. Dawowarta zuwa Ireland, Foley ta fara shirya kayan kula da mutanen da har yanzu ke tsare a gidan yari.  Yayin da take Kilmainham, Perolz ta danganta rayuwarta da Foley saboda ta shiga cikin damuwa sosai yayin da take sauraron hukuncin kisa ga shugabannin. 

A lokacin da take gidan yari, 'yar'uwar Foley ta ci gaba da gudanar da kasuwancin buga rubutu duk da cewa ofisoshin sun lalace a lokacin hauhawar farashin. Mai gidansu ya ƙi karɓar haya har sai da aka saki Foley da ɗan'uwanta.  Yayin da take gidan yari a Burtaniya, 'yar majalisar dokoki ta Alfie Byrne ta ziyarce ta. 

Mata biyar da ke gidan yarin Lewes su ne Marie Perolz, Helena Molony, Nell Ryan, Winifred Carney da Foley.

Bayan an saki fursunonin, ba a samu wani aiki sosai ba har zuwa rikicin ɗaukar fursunoni na 1918. Foley memba ce a Kwamitin Phibsboro na ƙungiyar hana ɗaukar fursunoni. Wannan ya sake ƙarfafa jin daɗin ƙasa a Ireland. Foley ta kasance a wurin buɗe Dail a ranar 21 ga Janairu 1919. Ta ci gaba da gudanar da harkokin iyali kuma ta samar da ita, motarta, da ofisoshin ga masu sa kai duk lokacin da ake buƙata. An kai mata hari akai-akai a lokacin mulkin Black and Tan. Ita da mijinta sau da yawa suna ɓoye mutane suna gudu yayin da suke zaune a Dublin. Suna nan a Croke Park a lokacin abubuwan da suka faru na Bloody Sunday (1920) . Sakamakon kai samame gidan iyalan da kuma kama mijinta, Foley ta taka rawa wajen shirya wani mai ba da labari, John Reynolds, a cikin sojojin Birtaniya. [1] [2]

Foley ta auri Joseph J. Martin a watan Yunin 1918. A shekarar 1925, tare da mijinta, ta koma Landan.  Martin ya mutu a shekarar 1963, Foley kuma ta mutu a shekarar 1970. 

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