rebel and pioneer of Fianna Éireann Michael Colivet, Irish rebel, Commandant of 1916 Rising in Limerick and first TD for Limerick in Dáil Éireann Edward Daly, Commandant of 1916 Rising – Four Courts John Danaher, recipient of the Victoria Cross Tiede Herrema, Dutch businessman based in Limerick, abducted by the IRA in 1973 Peter Lacy, Russian Field Marshal Sir Thomas Myles, surgeon, sailor, Home Ruler and gun-runner (1857–1937) Michael O'Rourke, recipient of the Victoria Cross Seán South, IRA volunteer killed on active service in 1957 Historical Margaretta Eagar (1863-1936), governess to the last Russian Royal Family Mary Jane Kelly (c. 1863-1888), Jack the Ripper victim Rosina Bulwer Lytton (1802-1882), author William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly (1812–1894), statesman and reformer John T. Mullock (1807-1869), Roman Catholic bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland (1850–1869) Mary O'Connell (1814-1897), nurse during the American Civil War. Religion Christine Frost (born 1937), Catholic religious sister Mary Kostka Kirby (1863–1952), New Zealand catholic nun See also List of Irish people References Limerick People