President Catherine Connolly is leading the tributes to Galway’s Margaretta D’Arcy, describing her as a woman of extraordinary conviction, an actor, playwright, filmmaker and writer who brought a radical honesty to her work, while her lifelong dedication to peace and anti-war activism was equally profound.<\/p>\n
The well-known activist, playwright, artist and writer from Woodquay passed away at the age of 91 yesterday<\/p>\n
President Connolly says Margaretta was a tireless advocate for global justice and a steadfast supporter of the people of Palestine, participating regularly in demonstrations and community actions grounded in her unwavering belief in human rights.<\/p>\n
She also extended her thanks to Margaretta for her support of her own presidential campaign, and added that her sad passing marks the loss of a singular voice in Irish cultural and civic life.<\/p>\n
Despite her advanced years and health issues, Margaretta continued to regularly attend protests and demonstrations on a wide range of social and international issues.<\/p>\n
She also ran in the local elections last year in Galway City Central<\/p>\n
In 2014, Margaretta served time in prison after protesting on a runway at Shannon Airport, over its use by the US Military.<\/p>\n
Full Statement by President Catherine Connolly on the death of Margaretta D\u2019Arcy<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cIt is with deep sadness that I have learned of the death of Margaretta D\u2019Arcy, a fearless artist, peace activist, and cherished member of Aosd\u00e1na.<\/p>\n
Margaretta was a woman of extraordinary conviction, an actor, playwright, filmmaker and writer who brought a radical honesty to her work.<\/p>\n
Her lifelong dedication to peace and anti-war activism was equally profound. Margaretta was a tireless advocate for global justice and a steadfast supporter of the people of Palestine, participating regularly in demonstrations and community actions grounded in her unwavering belief in human rights.<\/p>\n
In recent times, Margaretta kindly offered her support during my own presidential campaign, and I will remain grateful for her generosity and the encouragement that she extended with characteristic warmth and determination. I fondly recall my last meeting with Margaretta just two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
Margaretta\u2019s sad passing marks the loss of a singular voice in Irish cultural and civic life. She will be deeply missed by all those who were fortunate to have known her.<\/p>\n
My deepest sympathies go to her family, friends, and to all those who loved and admired her.<\/p>\n
Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a hanam.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Catherine Connolly is leading the tributes to Galway’s Margaretta D’Arcy, describing her as a woman of extraordinary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[9,10,1921,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-199064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-catherine-connolly","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115609519149149118","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}