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Was it for this?

Opinion

Was it for this?

When Constance Markievicz made history as the first woman in the British Isles to be elected a Member of Parliament, it must have been an epic moment. 100 years ago next year, (some) women across the United Kingdom, then including Ireland, got the vote, and the first to be elected was an Anglo-Irish republican socialist from [...]

2018-12-01T09:52:42+00:00 December 7th, 2017|Categories: Opinion|Tags: 1918, centenary, Constance Markievicz, elections, feminism, history, IRB, Politics, republican, socialist, suffragettes, voters, Voting, women|

Women of the Rising, coming to a town near you

Opinion

Women of the Rising, coming to a town near you

So far, most of the 1916 commemoration stuff has left me cold. I attended a very interesting lecture on the Proclamation of Independence in UCC, by the venerable Professor John A. Murphy, with contributions from Diarmuid Ferriter and John Borgonovo, but the national fandango about it really doesn't appeal much. Perhaps I'm just wary of [...]

2018-12-01T09:54:45+00:00 March 8th, 2016|Categories: Opinion|Tags: 1916, 2016, Bus Eireann, Constance Markievicz, Easter Rising, history, International Women's Day, Kathleen Lynn, male-dominated, Mary Perolz, mechanics, nationalism, recruitment, republican|