Dr. Senia Paseta, Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford uses the lens of women's lives to explore themes of class, politics, grief and survival through this remarkable period in Irish history.
Curated Collection--Women and the Rising | Revolutionaries’ Spouses | Feminism and Nationalism
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Carney, Winifred (‘Winnie’) (1887–1943), was a trade unionist, feminist, and republican. Born in Bangor Co. Down,
Carney, Winifred (‘Winnie’) (1887–1943) | Curated Collection--Women and the Rising | Curated Collection--Rising in the Regions
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Witness statement of Mary Josephine Mulcahy, named here as Mrs. Richard Mulcahy (WS399).
Mary Josephine ('Min') Ryan (1884–1977) | Curated Collection--Women and the Rising | Curated Collection--Rising in the Regions
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Witness statement from Margaret Brown MacEntee (WS322) who acted as a courier in 1916. Margaret was the wife of Irish politician Sean MacEntee.
Pearse, Patrick Henry (1879–1916) | Mac Diarmada (MacDermott), Seán (1883–1916 | O'Kelly, Seán Thomas (Ó Ceallaigh, Seán Tomás) (1882–1966)
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Witness statement of Kitty O'Doherty (WS355), a quartermaster in Cumann na mBan, and a courier on Holy Thursday, 1916.
Curated Collection--Communicating the Rising | Curated Collection--Women and the Rising | Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan
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Witness statement of Brighid Malone (nee Breathnach) (WS617), a member of Cumann na mBan, who acted as a courier from Galway to Dublin on Holy Thursday 1916.
Witnesses | Curated Collection--Communicating the Rising | Curated Collection--Women and the Rising
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Wristlet watch of Countess Markievicz, used to time despatches from the Royal College of Surgeons.
Markievicz, Constance Georgine (1868–1927) | Women Revolutionaries | Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan
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Driving licence and licence renewal issued to Thomas Ashe.
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Women and the Rising | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Dec. 09 2015
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Ticket stub for an raffle to raise money for the construction of the Ashe Memorial Hall, Tralee, Co. Kerry (now Kerry County Museum).
Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Curated Collection--Women and the Rising | Curated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Dec. 09 2015
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Witness statement of Louise Gavan Duffy (WS216), joint secretary of Cumann na mBan Dublin, 1914.
Duffy, Louise Gavan (1884–1969) | Paramilitary forces--Cumann na mBan | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916
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File relates to the unsuccessful application by Grace Plunkett (née Gifford) for a military service pension in respect of her service with the Irish national movement. Plunkett sought to apply for a service pension in respect of her activities as cartoonist and fund collector. As
Gifford, Grace (Evelyn) (1888–1955) | Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916 | Women Revolutionaries
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An extract taken from On Behalf of the Provisional Government : Joseph Plunkett. On Behalf of the Provisional Government was a series offering profiles of the seven signatoires of the proclamamtion. The seven programmes were first broadcast in 1966.
Plunkett, Fiona (1896-1977) | Gifford, Grace (Evelyn) (1888–1955) | Plunkett, Joseph Mary (1887–1916)
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