Kathleen Lynn – The Rebel Doctor

‘Kathleen Lynn – The Rebel Doctor’ is a documentary about the untold and extraordinary story of one of Ireland’s greatest women. Born in Mayo into a wealthy protestant family Kathleen Lynn went on to become an award winning physician, served in Connolly’s Irish Citizen Army in 1916, Sinn Fein executive, TD for Sinn Fein, founded St. Ultan’s hospital and helped lower the infant mortality rate in Ireland.

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Kathleen Lynn Documentary gets special second screening. Click

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When “Kathleen Lynn – The Rebel Doctor” screened on Easter Monday the audience response was overwhelming. It was the fourth most watched programme on TG4 that week. Irish Times critic Bernice Harrison – ‘ The docu drama – Ingrid Craigie played Lynn in some dramatic reconstructions – gave an excellent insight into this extraordinary and [...]

Finish the Easter weekend with a treat – TG4 @ 21.30

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Full of chocolate eggs and the leftovers from Sunday’s feast, sit down to watch Kathleen Lynn – The Rebel Doctor on TG4 at 21.30 Monday 25th April. Ingrid Craigie, acclaimed actress brings Kathleen Lynn to life. In our film we give an insight to this wonderful woman, the amazing life she led and all she [...]

Launch of Kathleen Lynn at RCPI a great success

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We had our premiere of Kathleen Lynn The Rebel Doctor at RCPI on Wednesday night. The Royal College of Physicians was the perfect setting to hold the screening as it is home to all of the Saint Ultan’s archive, a beautiful portrait of Kathleen and of course her diaries. The Rebel Doctor was a huge [...]

Kathleen Lynn Doc set to screen on Easter Monday

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‘Kathleen Lynn – The Rebel Doctor’ will be broadcast on TG4 on the 25th of April at 21.30. Sé Merry Doyle’s documentary is the complex and untold story of a suffragette, a Captain in James Connolly’s Irish Citizen Army, and the founder of Ireland’s first infant hospital St. Ultan’s in 1919. Actress Ingrid Craigie dramatises [...]