My favourite speech: Mary Lou McDonald
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, the Sinn Féin vice president picks an address by Ireland’s most famous female revolutionary nationalist.
View ArticleExtract: The passionate and inspirational women of the Irish Revolution – in...
Remembering some of the women played who played pivotal roles in Irish revolution.
View Article'It's time Constance Markievicz gets the recognition she deserves'
A permanent plaque honouring Countess Constance Markievicz would go some way towards reversing the exclusion of Irish women from popular history, according to a campaign.
View ArticleFascinating statistics compare modern-day Ireland to the country in 1916
Births, deaths, marriages … and the most popular baby names.
View ArticlePoverty, manslaughter and stealing apples: police records shed light on...
The books contain information on the arrests of figures such as Seán Lemass, James Larkin, James Connolly, and Constance Markievicz.
View ArticleTheresa May wants to honour the first woman elected to House of Commons -...
Following querying from TheJournal.ie, it is unclear whether the Prime Minister was aware of who she would be celebrating when making the announcement this week.
View ArticleMarkievicz exhibit among celebration of 100 years since women's right to vote
Republican leader Markievicz will also be celebrated in the UK as the first woman elected to the UK House of Commons.
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