Máire Mullarney

Máire Mullarney (1 September 1921 – 18 August 2008[1]) was an Irish environmentalist, educationalist and Esperanto advocate. She was one of the founding members of the Irish Green Party in 1981. She stood for the party in three Dáil elections in the 1980s and was elected to Dublin County Council in 1991, a position she kept until 1999.

Maire Mullarney also published a book called "Anything school can do you can do better" it was about her raising her children as well as home educating. One of her daughters was Janet Mullarney, artist and sculptor. Her son is Killian Mullarney, author and illustrator of Collins Guide to the Birds of Europe[2].

References
  1. https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0819/1218868120714.html
  2. Svensson, Lars. (1999). Collins bird guide. Zetterström, Dan., Mullarney, Killian., Grant, P. J. (Peter James), 1943-. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-219728-6. OCLC 40754502.


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