McAliskey, Roisin (1971–)
McAliskey, Roisin (1971–)
Irish activist. Born Aug 1971; dau. of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and Michael McAliskey.
Ill and pregnant, was jailed in connection with an Irish Republican Army mortar attack on a British army base in Osnabrueck, northwest Germany (1997).
See also Women in World History.
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