Mary Ellen "Nell" Humphreys (née Rahilly) (28 April 1871 – 2 December 1939) was an Irish revolutionary, Cumann na mBan leader and Dublin city councillor active in the period from 1916 to 1923. Born in Ballylongford, Co. Kerry to Richard Rahilly and Ellen Mangan, she was a sister of the 1916 leader The O'Rahilly and the republican activist Anno O'Rahilly. She married Dr. David Humphreys of Limerick Workhouse in 1895.[1] Her father-in-law was the Co. Limerick Poor Law Guardian, James Humphrys. Her son Dick Humphreys joined the Irish Volunteers and was active in Easter week. Her daughter Sheila Humphreys became a Cumann na mBan leader and republican activist.
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