RTÉ News looks at how women participating in the general election fared. The report shows women who won and lost seats. Eight women TDs (teachta dála - members of parliament) were not re-elected which means that overall there are three less women TDs in the Dáil (parliament) afte
General Election 1997 | Niamh Breathnach | Frances Gardner
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Poster for the 1977 Peacock Theatre production of Mothers by May Cluskey. Poster photography by Fergus Bourke.
A Sense of Identity | Arts | Drama
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Depiction of a woman singing.
A Sense of Identity | Manners and customs | Women
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Two women digging potatoes in a field at sunset.
A Sense of Place | Manners and customs | Women
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Thomas Wynne was a commercial photographer in Co Mayo. This image is taken from an album of captioned albumen prints features the people and places of counties Mayo and Galway.
A Sense of Freedom | History | Evictions
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This Aran jumper was given to the National Museum by Ruairí Ó Síocháin, the son of entrepreneur Pádraig Ó Síocháin. Through his company, Galway Bay Products, he gave the knitters a ready outlet for their product in the 1950s and 1960s and built up a customer base in Europe
A Sense of Place | Manners and customs | Handicraft
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