The Antrim-born mystic, republican and lover of folklore who found freedom in California
Extraordinary Emigrants: Ella Young was a striking figure among anti-Treaty republicans
‘Short skirts and strong boots’: The pioneering feminism of Anna Parnell
Anna Parnell led a generation of women in the 19th century and inspired another in the 20th
Was 1918 a false dawn for Irish women?
Women’s rights were marginalised in Free State, with implications to present day
Kathleen Lynn: Pioneering doctor, socialist and public-health campaigner
Vote 100: Founder of St Ultan’s children’s hospital looked for political and pragmatic solutions to deprivation
25 fearless women who helped shape today’s Ireland
They smashed stereotypes, changed Ireland – yet many are forgotten by history
Easter Re-rising – An Irishman’s Diary about the first anniversary of 1916
‘The Irish Times’ reported some commotion around the GPO at 9am as people noticed the reappearance of the “Sinn Féin flag” on the roof
Diarmaid Ferriter: Women’s soccer players evoke past rebels
FAI row shows how female protesters always raise the hackles of the men in charge
Diarmaid Ferriter: The 1916 prisoners released on Christmas Eve
Hundreds of internees from the Rising returned to an already changing Ireland
Television: Rising from obscurity – the women airbrushed out of Irish history
Review: ‘Seven Women’, ‘Follow the Money’, ‘The A Word’ and ‘Line of Duty’
Easter Rising – Day 2: A baptism of unremitting fire
On the second day of the Easter Rising, soldiers poured into Dublin, and martial law was declared
Beyond the Abbey: the trouble for women in theatre
The National Theatre’s maddeningly male 1916 centenary season highlights the difficulties that face women who work in Irish theatre
How the stage was set for armed revolution in Ireland
In a second, edited extract from his book Vivid Faces, historian Roy Foster considers the role of theatre in shaping the minds of the revolutionary generation
A good year to remember Rosie Hackett, a fighter for workers’ and women’s rights
Opinion: A doughty fighter who helped reorganise a union that represented 70,000 women
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