Sidney Czira

**Sidney Sarah Madge Czira** (ɗan **Gifford** ; 3 ga Agusta 1889 - 15 ga Satumba 1974), wacce aka fi sani da sunan alkalaminta **John Brennan**, 'yar jarida ce 'yar Ireland, mai watsa shirye-shirye, marubuciya kuma mai fafutukar juyin juya hali. Ta kasance memba mai himma a cikin ƙungiyar juyin juya hali ta Inghinidhe na hÉireann ('Ya'yan Ireland) kuma ta rubuta labarai a jaridarta, *Bean na h-Éireann*, da kuma jaridar Arthur Griffith *Sinn Féin* .

## Rayuwar farko

An haifi Gifford a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 1889, ita ce ƙarama a cikin 'ya'ya 12 na Frederick da Isabella Gifford.  Isabella Gifford ( née Burton), 'yar'uwar mai zane Frederic William Burton ce, kuma an rene ta ne tare da 'yan uwanta a gidansa bayan rasuwar mahaifinta, Robert Nathaniel Burton, shugaban coci, a lokacin yunwa .

Iyayen Gifford—mahaifinta ɗan Katolika ne kuma mahaifiyarta Anglican—sun yi aure a cocin St George's, wani cocin Cocin Ireland da ke arewacin birnin Dublin, a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 1872.  Ta girma a Rathmines, Dublin. An rene ta a matsayin Furotesta, haka ma 'yan uwanta.

Kamar 'yan uwanta mata, 'yar gurguzu Nellie Gifford, Grace Gifford, wacce ta auri Joseph Plunkett da Muriel Gifford waɗanda suka auri Thomas MacDonagh, ta fara sha'awar kuma ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar zaɓe da kuma juyin juya halin Ireland mai tasowa.

## Ilimi
Gifford ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Alexandra da ke Earlsfort Terrace. Bayan ta bar makaranta ta karanci kiɗa a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Leinster House. Malaminta ne a lokacin tana ƙarama, wanda ya fara ba ta jaridar Irish ta farko mai suna "The Leader". Ta fara karanta wannan a ɓoye sannan ta fara karanta jaridar Arthur Griffith mai *suna Sinn Féin* . 

## Sana'a
Gifford memba ce a Inghinidhe na hÉireann, wata ƙungiyar siyasa ta mata da ke aiki tun daga shekarun 1900. Maud Gonne da ƙungiyar mata masu aiki da matsakaicin matsayi ne suka kafa ta don haɓaka al'adun Irish da kuma taimakawa wajen rage talaucin Dublin da sauran biranen a lokacin da aka kwatanta unguwannin talakawa na Dublin da na Calcutta ba daidai ba. Gifford, wacce ta riga ta rubuta da sunan "John Brennan" ga Sinn Féin, an nemi ta rubuta wa jaridarta Bean na h-Éireann . Labaranta sun bambanta daga waɗanda ke nuna rashin kyawun mu'amala da mata a wurin aiki zuwa ginshiƙan kayan kwalliya da lambu, wasu an rubuta su a ƙarƙashin sunan Sorcha Ní hAnlúan.

Ta kuma yi aiki tare da 'yan uwanta mata a tsarin cin abincin dare na Maud Gonne da Constance Markievicz a Cocin St Audoen, inda ta samar da abinci mai kyau ga yara a makarantu uku na Dublin - yaran makaranta matalauta a Dublin galibi suna zuwa makaranta ba tare da karin kumallo ba, ba sa cin abinci a rana, kuma idan an ba wa mahaifinsu abincin dare lokacin da suka isa gida, da ba zai ci abinci ba ko kuma ya ci burodi kawai a wannan daren.

A shekarar 1911 aka zaɓe ta (a matsayin John Brennan) a matsayin shugabar ƙungiyar siyasa ta Sinn Féin .

Gifford ta kasance memba na Cumann na mBan (Majalisar Mata ta Irish) tun daga gidauniyarta da ke Dublin a ranar 2 ga Afrilu 1914. Membobinta sun koyi taimakon gaggawa, haƙa rami da sigina da harbin bindiga, kuma sun yi aiki a matsayin mai aika saƙo da kuma sabis na tallafi ga Masu Sa-kai na Irish . A lokacin yaƙin neman 'yancin kai na Irish, matan suna ɗaukar saƙonni, suna adanawa da isar da bindigogi kuma suna gudanar da gidaje masu aminci inda mazan da ke gudu za su iya ci, su yi barci da kuma ɗaukar kayayyaki. 

## Manazarta