Nelly O'Brien

**Ellen Lucy** ko **Nelly O'Brien** (4 Yuni 1864 - 1 Afrilu 1925) ta kasance mai zane-zane na Irish, mai zane-zanen shimfidar wuri, kuma mai fafutukar Gaelic League .  Ba za a rikita ta da yarinya ta karni na 18 Nelly O'Brien ba.

## Rayuwa da iyali
An haifi Nelly O'Brien Ellen Lucy O'Brian a ranar 4 ga Yuni 1864, a Cahirmoyle, County Limerick . Ita ce 'yar fari Edward William O'Brien da Mary O'Brian (née Spring Rice).  'Yan uwanta sune Lucy da Dermod, tare da Dermod kuma ya zama mai zane. Mahaifinta mai mallakar ƙasa ne, kuma mahaifiyarta mai zane-zane ce kuma 'yar'uwar Thomas Spring Rice. Kakan O'Brien shine William Smith O'Brian .  Yayinda yake ƙarami, O'Brien ya shafe shekaru biyu yana zaune a Riviera na Faransa daga 1866 zuwa 1868. Mahaifiyarta daga baya ta mutu daga tarin fuka, kuma kawunansu, marubuciya kuma mai kishin kasa, Charlotte Grace O'Brien ne suka haifi yaran uku. Mahaifin su ya sake yin aure a 1880, ga Julia Marshall, tare da ita yana da 'ya'ya maza biyu da mata biyu. O'Brien ta halarci makaranta a Ingila daga 1879, kuma daga baya ta shiga karatun zane a Slade School of Art. O'Brian ta sadu da Walter Osborne ta hanyar ɗan'uwanta Dermod, kuma ta ɗauki kanta ta yi alkawari da shi, amma Osborne ta mutu a 1903. An gudanar da hoton O'Brien na Osborne a cikin Hugh Lane Gallery. O'Brien ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1925 yayin da yake ziyartar Dermod a 66 Elm Park Gardens, London. An binne ta a shirin iyali a Cahirmoyle .

## Ayyukan fasaha
O'Brien ya koma Ireland, kuma ya fara zanen kananan abubuwa a kan hauren giwa ta amfani da gilashin girma. Ta kuma zana hotuna masu launi na ruwa. Nuninta na farko tare da Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) ya kasance a cikin 1896, inda ta nuna ayyuka uku ciki har da Sketch kusa da Malahide . Za ta nuna tare da su har zuwa 1922. A wasu lokutan da take a Dublin, ta zauna tare da dan uwanta, Edward Conor Marshall O'Brien, a kan titin Mount. A matsayin wani ɓangare na nune-nunen masu zane-zane na Irish, O'Brien ya nuna wasu ƙananan hotuna a London Guildhall a cikin 1904. Oireachtas na Gaeilge na 1906 ya nuna wasu zane-zanen ta, kuma a wannan shekarar ta zama sakatariyar girmamawa ta sabuwar kwamitin fasaha da aka kafa. A baje kolin Munster-Connacht a Limerick na 1906, ta nuna karamin William Smith O'Brien daga cikin ayyukanta 12 da aka nuna. O'Brien ya samar da hotuna da yawa, ciki har da daya daga Douglas Hyde, wanda RHA ta nuna a shekarar 1916. 

## Yunkurin gwagwarmaya da Gaelic League
O'Brien ya kasance memba na farko na Gaelic League, yana nan a farkon oireachtas a 1897, kuma ya kafa Craobh na gCúig gCúigí (Branch of the Five Provinces). A cikin 1905, ta rubuta dogon wasika don kare Douglas Hyde da Gaelic League a cikin Ikilisiyar Ireland Gazette . Ta gudanar da tarurruka na Craobh na gCúig gCúigí a cikin gidanta a 7 St Stephen's Green kowace Asabar da dare a shekara ta 1907.  A cikin 1911, O'Brien ta kafa Coláiste Eoghain Uí Pastraí (O'Curry Irish College) a Carrigaholt, County Clare, wanda aka sanya masa suna don girmama Eugene O'Curory, tare da taimakon dan uwanta kuma abokiyarta Mary Spring Rice. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan burinta shine ƙirƙirar cocin Irish na ƙasa, wanda zai haɗa Furotesta da Katolika ta hanyar harshen Irish. Don wannan dalili, ta kafa Irish Guild of the Church tare da Seoirse de Rút a shekara ta 1914. Manufar kungiyar ita ce samar da hadin kan jama'a ga membobin Ikilisiyar Ireland waɗanda suka sadaukar da kansu ga manufofin "Irish Ireland". Da yake aiki a matsayin wakilin Gaelic League, O'Brien ta yi tafiya zuwa Amurka tare da Fionan MacColuim a cikin 1914 zuwa 1915, don tara kuɗi da inganta fasahar Irish da masana'antu. A Coláiste Eoghain Uí Pastra, O'Brien ya jaddada muhimmancin harshen Irish a cikin gida, da kuma ƙwarewar matan gida da waɗanda ke cikin sabis na gida don ƙarfafa harshen da al'adun Irish.

O'Brien ta lura cewa da farko ta yi tunanin cewa Easter Rising na 1916 "a cikin yanayi zanga-zanga ne game da aikin soja kamar yadda aka sanar da cewa masu sa kai za su yi tsayayya da rushewa". O'Brien tana zaune tare da Hydes a 1 Earlsfort Place a lokacin Rising, wanda ya lalata gidanta a College Park Chambers. Ta yi zanga-zanga game da dokar neman izini a Ireland a matsayin taron mata a Mansion House a 1918. Ta ƙaddamar da Gaelic Churchman a cikin 1919 a matsayin littafin hukuma na Irish Guild of the Church . A cikin wata kasida mai taken A plea for the Irish services, ta inganta kamfen dinta na ayyukan harshen Irish a cikin majami'un Protestant. A matsayinta na mataimakin shugaban kungiyar, ta gayyaci Éamon de Valera don halartar daya daga cikin taronsu a shekarar 1921.

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