Background
Drumm grew up in the village of Killean, County Armagh, where she played camogie (the female form of hurling).
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She was killed by Ulster loyalists while recovering from an eye operation in Belfast"s Mater Hospital. Born in Newry, County Down to a staunchly Irish republican family. Drumm"s mother had been active in the War of Independence and the Civil War.
She was jailed twice for seditious speeches.
After she was released from Her Majesty Prison Armagh, raids on her house by the security forces escalated, her health began to fail and she was admitted to the Mater Hospital, Belfast. On 28 October 1976, Maíre Drumm was shot dead in her hospital bed in a joint operation by the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Defence Association.
Drumm"s speeches and quotations can be found on murals across Northern Ireland. These include:
"The only people worthy of freedom are those who are prepared to go out and fight for it every day, and die if necessary."
"We must take no steps backward, our steps must be onward, for if we don"t, the martyrs that died for you, for me, for this country will haunt us forever.".
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Drumm"s speeches and quotations can be found on murals across Northern Ireland. These include:
"The only people worthy of freedom are those who are prepared to go out and fight for it every day, and die if necessary."
"We must take no steps backward, our steps must be onward, for if we don"t, the martyrs that died for you, for me, for this country will haunt us forever.".
