Eibhlín Nic Niocaill

Eibhlín Nic Niocaill (; 22 October 1884 – 13 August 1909) was an Irish Gaelic League activist.

Early life and education Eibhlín Nic Niocaill was born Eveleen Constance Nicolls in Dublin on 22 October 1884. She was the only daughter of Archibald J. Nicolls (1845–1924) and Mary (1853–1938). Her father was a barrister and secretary of the Loan Fund Board of Ireland. She had four brothers, Arthur, Jasper, George and Edward.

Despite her father having a government job, the family held nationalistic beliefs and were Irish speakers. Her brother, George, later joined Sinn Féin. By the 1901 census, Nic Niocaill was using the Irish spelling of her name and George was Seoirse.

Her death inspired a huge outpouring of grief both locally and nationally. She had just been elected to the Gaelic League's executive committee, the youngest person to be elected to this position. There was a funeral service in Dunquin, after which her body was transported by train from Dingle to Dublin, where it was met by thousands. They accompanied her body to Glasnevin Cemetery for burial. Joseph Holloway, the diarist, write that there was never a more solemn funeral. Pearse called Nic Niocaill the "most nobly planned" of all the women he knew in an article in the Freeman's Journal on 16 August. Biographers later tried to insinuate a romance between her and Pearse, but there is no evidence of this. The play Snámh na Saoirse by Róisín Sheehy recounts the events of her drowning.