Editing John MacBride (section)

==Early life==
John MacBride was born at The Quay, [[Westport, County Mayo]], Ireland, to Patrick MacBride, a shopkeeper and trader, and the former Honoria Gill, who survived her son.<ref name=nli>[http://www.nli.ie/1916/pdf/9.4.pdf John MacBride] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519215518/http://www.nli.ie/1916/pdf/9.4.pdf |date=19 May 2006 }}. The National Library of Ireland. Retrieved on 23 September 2007.</ref> A plaque marks the building on the Westport Quays where he was born (now the Helm Bar and Restaurant). He was educated at the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]]' School, Westport, and at [[St. Malachy's College]], [[Belfast]]. His red hair and long nose led to him being given the nickname "Foxy Jack".<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCracken |first1=Donal P. |title=Dictionary of Irish Biography |chapter-url=http://centenaries.ucd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MacBride-John.pdf |access-date=5 August 2018 |chapter=MacBride, John |archive-date=4 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204155331/http://centenaries.ucd.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MacBride-John.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He worked for a period in a drapery shop in [[Castlerea]], [[County Roscommon]]. He had studied medicine, but gave it up and began working with a chemist's firm in [[Dublin]].

He joined the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]] and was associated with [[Michael Cusack (Gaelic Athletic Association)|Michael Cusack]] in the early days of the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]]. He also joined the Celtic Literary Society through which he came to know [[Arthur Griffith]] who was to remain a friend and influence throughout his life. Beginning in 1893, MacBride was termed a "dangerous nationalist" by the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] government. In 1896 he went to the United States on behalf of the IRB. In the same year he returned and emigrated to [[South Africa]].<ref name=nli/>