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Brigid Makowski (Brigid Sheils) was born on 6 January, 1937 in Derry, Northern Ireland, is an Irish politician and activist 1937-2017. Discover Brigid Makowski's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

Popular As Brigid Sheils
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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 6 January, 1937
Birthday 6 January
Birthplace Derry, Northern Ireland
Date of death 15 April, 2017
Died Place Letterkenny, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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1914

Her father Paddy Shiels had been a member of the Irish Volunteers c. 1914 and was arrested following the Easter Rising.

During the Irish War of Independence, Paddy Shiels was jailed again and subsequently went on hunger strike in protest.

Hailing from a poor family, Shiels left education at age 16 and went to work.

She first was employed at a shirt factory in Derry but was later fired for trying to organise a strike for better working conditions.

Shiels subsequently emigrated to England, where she began work at a hotel.

1937

Brigid Makowski ( Sheils; born 6 January 1937 - died 15 April 2017) was an Irish Republican activist and politician from Derry, Northern Ireland.

She was born 6 January 1937 in the Bogside area of Derry to a "very Republican, very Catholic" family.

1954

Shiels met Leo Makowski, a Polish-American navy man, when his U.S. Navy ship U.S.S Johnson docked in Derry in August 1954.

They had two dates before Leo's ship left.

1955

They corresponded and he eventually proposed, she accepted, sailed to Philadelphia and they married there on 16 April 1955.

Together they would have five children together.

1960

A member of Clan na Gael in the 1960s, she became especially politically active following the start of the Troubles in 1969.

1961

In 1961 Makowski joined the Irish-American grouping Clan na Gael in Philadelphia.

1964

She would also begin attending the Republican Clubs, a front for Sinn Féin which had been banned in Northern Ireland since 1964.

1967

In 1967 Makowski and some other members of Clan na Gael went to witness Rev. Ian Paisley speak at a Protestant church in New Jersey.

During the meeting, Makowski and Paisley engaged in a verbal spat.

1968

By 1968, Makowski was experiencing depression and homesickness, and it was decided that she would return home to Derry.

She arrived home on 3 October 1968, two days before the Derry Civil Rights March of 5 October, which devolved into mass violence between marchers and members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

The march is widely considered to be the "official" start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Makowski would participate in that march as well as another march on 13 November.

1969

By June 1969 all of Makowski's children had moved to Derry to join her.

In August 1969 she was present for the Battle of the Bogside; Makowski (pregnant with her fifth child at the time) and her sister provided medical aid to Catholics from their mother's apartment.

The RUC eventually raided the apartment and tear-gassed the family.

Following the Battle of the Bogside, Makowski's husband insisted she and her children return to Philadelphia immediately.

Brigid obliged but continued to remain politically active, again alongside Clan na Gael.

1970

Following the split in Sinn Féin that same year, she sided with Official Sinn Féin and formally joined the party in 1970.

In July 1970 Makowski was a part of a sit-in protest against the British Consulate in Philadelphia following the Falls Curfew.

Makowski occupied the building for five days before being physically removed by police.

The Makowski family relocated to Ireland once again in the early 1970s, but for reasons of safety chose to relocate to Limerick City in the Republic of Ireland.

There, Makowski formally joined Official Sinn Féin, siding with the Marxist-oriented group over the "traditional republicans" in the Provisional camp.

1972

In January 1972 Makowski was arrested and jailed for collecting funds (for Official Sinn Féin) without a permit.

Due to being imprisoned during this time, Makowski was not present for the events of Bloody Sunday (1972).

Months later, Makowski was charged with non-payment of a fine, membership of the Irish Republican Army, and incitement to violence.

In doing so, Makowski became the first woman in Ireland to be charged with being a member of the IRA.

A jury later found her innocent on the charge of IRA membership and incitement to violence.

In 1972 Makowski disagreed with the decision by the Official IRA to participate in a ceasefire and thereafter became a supporter of Seamus Costello.

She was called to testify at the Official Irish Republican Army court-martial of Costello in Mornington.

She remarked after Costello had been dismissed that "Jesus could have testified on Costello's behalf and it wouldn't have changed the verdict."

1974

However, following the declaration of a ceasefire by the Official Irish Republican Army in 1974, Makowski broke from the officials and helped found the Irish Republican Socialist Party.

1981

In 1981 she was elected to Shannon Town Commission in County Clare and later she became a member of Clare County Council in the 1990s.