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Countess Markievicz: "Short skirts and strong boots..." - October, 1915

Countess Markievicz: "Short skirts and strong b...

The formation of the Republic of Ireland as an independent country is a long story. One aspect of the Irish struggle for independence that rarely received enough mention in the...

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Countess Markievicz: "Short skirts and strong b...

The formation of the Republic of Ireland as an independent country is a long story. One aspect of the Irish struggle for independence that rarely received enough mention in the...

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“It took four hundred policemen to take four women” - Rosie Hackett

“It took four hundred policemen to take four wo...

It was Rosie Hackett herself who bragged that "it took four hundred policemen to take four women." The Republic of Ireland owes a lot to its women heroes for their...

“It took four hundred policemen to take four wo...

It was Rosie Hackett herself who bragged that "it took four hundred policemen to take four women." The Republic of Ireland owes a lot to its women heroes for their...

Women Are At Once The Boldest And Most Unmanageable Revolutionaries

Women Are At Once The Boldest And Most Unmanage...

"Women are at once the boldest and most unmanageable revolutionaries." Éamon de Valera may have declined to have women fight beside him in Boland's Mills during the Rising, but I'm...

Women Are At Once The Boldest And Most Unmanage...

"Women are at once the boldest and most unmanageable revolutionaries." Éamon de Valera may have declined to have women fight beside him in Boland's Mills during the Rising, but I'm...