Maria Caraher (born 1968 or 1969) is an Irish republican activist, school principal and former politician.
Life Born in Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to a republican family, she joined Sinn Féin, as did her brothers Michael and Fergal. Fergal was killed in disputed circumstances at a Royal Marines checkpoint in 1990, while Michael was convicted of involvement in the South Armagh Sniper group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, which killed seven British soldiers and two police officers.Gerry Moriarty, "'Those people who murdered Paul will have that on their conscience' ", Irish Times, 15 December 2007
In 1996, Caraher was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in Newry and Armagh, but she did not stand in the subsequent 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.Newry and Armagh, Northern Ireland Elections
In 1999, Caraher went on a speaking tour of the United States as a representative of the South Amargh Farmers and Residents Committee.Cari Zall, "US welcomes South Armagh Farmers and Residents", An Phoblacht, 11 February 1999
Caraher was principal of Bunscoil an Iúir, an Irish language school in Newry,"Praise heaped on Irish-language nursery school ", Newry Democrat, 29 March 2006 leaving the role in June 2018.
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