Margaret Pearse was an Irish politician. She was born in Dublin, while her father's family were from County Meath. In 1877, she married James Pearse who was born in Bloomsbury, Middlesex on 8 December 1839. Margaret was the mother of Patrick Pearse, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916, who was executed soon after the rising. Another son Willie Pearse was also executed after the 1916 Easter Rising.