Máirín Cregan

**Máirín Cregan** (27 Maris 1891 - 9 Nuwamba 1975) ' Yar ƙasar Ireland ce wadda ta taka rawa a juyin juya halin Ista na 1916 da Yaƙin 'Yancin Kan Ireland . Daga baya ta sanya sunanta ya rubuta wa yara, da kuma rubuta wasannin kwaikwayo da littattafai ga manya.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi **Mary Ellen Cregan** a ranar 27 ga Maris, 1891 a Killorglin, County Kerry ga Morgan Cregan da Ellen O'Shea. Mahaifinta mai ginin dutse ne daga Limerick . Iyalin sun yi imani sosai da motsin farfaɗo da Gaelic kuma Cregan da kanta ta koyi Irish kuma ta yi waƙoƙi a wasannin kade-kade na Gaelic League . Duk da cewa ta yi makarantar firamare a gida, ta tafi makarantar sakandare zuwa St. Louis Convent da ke Carrickmacross, County Monaghan . Bayan kammala makaranta, Cregan ta zama malamar makaranta, tana aiki a Goresbridge, County Kilkenny daga 1911 zuwa 1914.  

## Shiga cikin 'yan Republican
A watan Satumba na shekarar 1914 ta je Dublin don yin karatun kiɗa a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Leinster, a ƙarƙashin Madame Coslett Heller. A lokacin da take Dublin ne ta zama abokiyar dangin Ryan, waɗanda suke da ƙarfin kishin ƙasa kuma suna da sha'awar Gaelic League da Sinn Féin . Ta fara rera waƙoƙi don kade-kade waɗanda aka yi don tara kuɗi ga ' Yan Agajin Irish . Kade-kade na ƙarshe ya kasance makonni biyu kacal kafin tashin Ista .  

A lokacin makon Ista , Seán Mac Diarmada ta aika ta zuwa Tralee da "atomatik da harsasai". Yayin da take ɗauke da akwatin bindigogi na goge, Cregan kuma tana ɗauke da cikakkun bayanai game da fasahar mara waya da ake buƙata don sadarwa da Aud, jirgin ruwan da ke ɗauke da ƙarin makamai don tawayen. Sadarwa da Aud ta lalace lokacin da motar da ke ɗauke da 'Yan Agaji ta fito daga wani tashar jiragen ruwa kuma mutanen da ke cikin jirgin suka nutse. Cregan har yanzu tana yankin don taimakawa 'Yan Agaji da suka tsira, wanda abin takaici bai san komai game da cikakkun bayanai game da Aud ba. Ba ta sami damar komawa Dublin cikin sauƙi ba, saboda an dakatar da birnin. Lokacin da ta dawo, an kama abokanta.

Kamar yawancin malamai, ta rasa aikinta bayan an ɗage zaɓen saboda alaƙarta da 'yan tawaye. Duk da haka, ta sami damar samun sabbin mukamai a cikin 'yan shekarun nan a Ballyshannon da Portstewart har sai da ta yi aure.   A Ballyshannon ta fuskanci farkon nuna goyon baya da tausayi, amma Portstewart yanki ne na Unionist tare da gidaje da yawa suna yawo da tutocin ƙungiyar a ranar zaɓen 1918.  

Cregan memba ce ta Cumann na mBan kuma tare da su ta yi aiki a lokacin Yaƙin 'Yancin Kan Ireland . An ba ta lambar yabo saboda halartarta. A watan Yulin 1919 ta auri James Ryan wanda dukkan iyalansa suka shiga cikin tashin Ista, da kuma Yaƙin 'Yancin Kan Ireland da Yaƙin Basasa na Ireland. Suna da 'ya'ya uku, Eoin wanda ya zama Sanata, Nuala (Colgan) da Seamus.  

Da farko dangin suna zaune a Wexford a lokacin Yaƙin. Sau da yawa ana kai hari gidan lokacin da sojojin Burtaniya ke neman mijinta, kuma an kama Cregan da kanta a watan Fabrairun 1921 saboda ƙin sanya fosta na shari'ar soja . Daga baya iyalan sun sayar da gidan, suka ci gaba da tafiya a hankali yayin da take aiki a gwamnatin Sinn Féin kuma mijinta yana kurkuku. A wannan lokacin ne ta yi aiki a matsayin mai aika saƙo zuwa nahiyar da kuma Landan . 

Bayan yaƙin, sun sayi Gidan Kindlestown a Delgany, County Wicklow inda suka ci gaba da zama. 

## Rubutu
Cregan ta yi aiki a matsayin 'yar jarida ga *Jaridar The Irish Press* da *Jaridar Sunday Press* . Sanin siyasa da kuma shigarta a harkokinta ya nuna cewa aikinta a can yana kan labaran siyasa ne. 

Littafinta na farko ga yara shine *Old John* kuma ya sami babban nasara da kulawa daga ƙasashen duniya.   An buga *Sean Eoin* a cikin harshen Irish, kuma Jack Butler Yeats ya zana shi. An kuma watsa ayyukanta a BBC da RTÉ .    *Rathina* ta lashe kyautar Downey Award a Amurka a 1943.  

## Manazarta