Madge Clifford

**Margaret Mary Clifford** ( Irish  , daga baya **Comer** ; 1896–20 Afrilu 1982),   daga Tralee, County Kerry, 'yar jam'iyyar Republican ce ta Ireland kuma jami'a a Cumann na mBan, wacce ta zama shugabar rukunin gidaje a reshenta na tsakiya a Dublin. Ta shiga Cumann na mBan a farkonta a 1914, daga baya ta zama sakatare mai daraja,  kuma ta kasance mai himma a gwagwarmayar ƙasa tun daga lokacin, gami da yin aiki ga Dáil Éireann . Clifford ta ɗauki ɓangaren adawa da yarjejeniyar a Yaƙin Basasa na Ireland kuma ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a ƙarƙashin manyan shugabanninta. "A motsin rai ta shiga cikin Republican na Ireland sosai" kuma "ta saba da dukkan membobin majalisar sojoji da kuma yawancin membobin Gwamnatin Wucin Gadi". 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Clifford a Ballybane, Firies, County Kerry,  ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya tara ga Jeremiah Clifford, manomi da Fenian,  da Mary Brosnahan. Iyayenta biyu, daga cocin Firies, sun shiga cikin ƙungiyar Land League kuma mahaifiyarta ta shiga cikin lamarin Castlefarm da kuma sakamakonsa. Clifford ta halarci Makarantar Knockaderry National School, Farranfore, sannan ta tafi Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Presentation a Tralee. Ta cancanci zama mai buga rubutu, bayan ta halarci makarantar sakatare a Tralee.

## Ayyukan juyin juya hali

### Yaƙin 'Yancin Kan Ireland
An bayyana Clifford a matsayin "mai ci gaban aiki a duk lokacin juyin juya halin".  Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata kaɗan da suka taru, tare da 'yan agajin Irish daga ko'ina cikin Kerry, a Rink Volunteer Hall da ke Tralee a ranar Asabar ta Ista ta 1916 don jiran isowar makamai, wanda Roger Casement ya saya daga Jamus, a cikin jirgin ruwan *Aud* .  Ta zo Dublin a 1917 kuma ta shiga reshen tsakiya (Parnell Square) na Cumann na mBan, tana riƙe da matsayin jami'in gudanarwa na kwata.  Tana hedikwatar Sinn Féin a titin Harcourt lokacin da sakamakon zaɓen 1918 ya zo.

An san ta da Austin Stack tun lokacin da take Tralee, kuma ya nemi ta zama sakatare mai zaman kansa na "sirrin" a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Cikin Gida a kaka ta 1919. [1] [2] Yanzu tana aiki da Dáil Éireann, aikinta ya haɗa da kafa Kotunan Republican . An buƙaci ta kada ta yi faretin a bainar jama'a a matsayin memba na ayyukan Cumann na mBan amma a maimakon haka ta zama abin da ta kira mataimakiyar "mai zaman kanta" wacce ke kula da zubar da makamai, tattara bayanai da kuma jigilar makamai. [3] Clifford ta taimaka wa Michael Collins da Harry Boland a GHQ kuma ta kawo wa fursunoni wasiƙu zuwa da kuma daga can zuwa gidan yarin Mountjoy . [3] Ta kuma yi kamar tana ƙoƙarin neman masauki a gundumomin da ke keɓe a cikin birnin don ci gaba da lura da gidaje da mutanen da ke zaune a wurin. [4] Daga baya Clifford ya nuna wasu daga cikin wakilan Birtaniya da IRA za ta kashe a ranar Lahadi ta Bloody . A wani lokaci an ba ta amanar adana zinare mai aminci da ƙungiyar Republican ta tattara har sai an mika shi ga Collins. [3]

A lokacin tsagaita wutar, an tura Clifford zuwa ga Kerry, 'yar asalin ƙasarta, na tsawon makonni da dama. 

### Yaƙin Basasa na Ireland
Bayan an rufe Ma'aikatar Harkokin Cikin Gida a watan Fabrairun 1922, ta ci gaba da aiki daga ofisoshin Sinn Féin da ke Titin Suffolk. Clifford ta yi adawa da Yarjejeniyar Anglo Irish .  Tana ɗaya daga cikin mata biyar a Kotunan Huɗu a ranar 28 ga Yuni 1922 kuma tana aiki kan sanarwar da Liam Mellows ya yi lokacin da harsasai na farko daga sojojin Free State suka sauka kusa da su.  Ta kawo likitoci da ma'aikatan jinya kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da lafiya har sai da rundunar IRA ta miƙa wuya.  Clifford tana aiki da hannu, tana gasa burodi ga rundunar sojoji 180 a cikin tanda na Kotunan Huɗu kuma tana yawo da shi da bokitin shayi har ma da sanyin safiyar ƙarshe yayin da harin bam ya tsananta. 

An ceto Clifford daga cikin fursunonin da aka fito da su daga Kotunan Huɗu ta hannun wani soja ɗan jam'iyyar Republican sanye da kayan Free State wanda ke da umarnin karɓar takardu da fayilolin rundunar; ta bar Kotunan Huɗu da takardu masu mahimmanci na Joe McKelvey, waɗanda ta bai wa shugabannin jam'iyyar Republican Cathal Brugha da Oscar Traynor lokacin da ta kai rahoto ga ayyukan Cumann na mBan yanzu da yaƙin basasa ya fara.   Daga nan ta je Hammond Hotel kuma aka tura ta cikin wani aiki da ya gaza don shiga cikin gine-ginen Gwamnatin Wucin Gadi. 

Clifford ta sami umarni daga mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata na IRA Ernie O'Malley don shiga cikin rundunarsa a kudancin Leinster; a kan hanyar fita daga Dublin motar da take tafiya a ciki ta fuskanci hari daga sojojin Free State a Templeogue .  A Wicklow, Kildare, Carlow da Wexford tana aiki tare da sojojin O'Malley. 

Ba da daɗewa ba ta zama sakatare ta cikakken lokaci kuma ta "yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar mai ƙarfi" ga O'Malley.  Ya tuna cewa ta shahara sosai a cikin ƙungiyar 'yan Republican kuma tana canza kamanninta akai-akai.  Ta ɗauke shi a matsayin shugaban IRA wanda "ya kasance mai tsauri ga maza a cikin aiki mai wahala. Yana da abokantaka amma mai buƙata. Yana son a yi aikin". 

## Manazarta