McAliskey, Roisin (1971–)

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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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