Myles Dungan and guests - Marie Coleman, Mary McAuliffe, Tomás Mac Conmara, Ailbhe Rogers and Lindie Naughton - discuss the experience of women during the Irish War of Independence.
Broadcast on 13 October 2019, the show hears about the vital role they played in the conflict and how Cumann na Mban served as the eyes and ears of the republican campaign. We’ll also discuss the physical and mental trauma of the war, and the gendered violence, perpetrated by both the IRA and the Crown Forces.
Myles is joined by Marie Coleman, Senior Lecturer in history at Queen’s University Belfast, Mary McAuliffe, an historian with University College Dublin, Tomás Mac Conmara, an oral historian and author, and Ailbhe Rogers, an historian and a PHD candidate at Maynooth University.
In a report from Colette Kinsella, the show hearsr from Lindie Naughton on the experience of Countess Constance Markievicz during the war. Lindie is the author of two books on the Countess, including last year's volume Markievicz: Prison Letters and Rebel Writings.
The image shows a group portrait of members of Cumann na mBan (Credit: National Museum of Ireland)
For all the stories from 100 years ago, visit www.rte.ie/centuryireland
Twitter: / centuryirl
Facebook: / centuryireland
Instagram: / centuryireland
Learn about the Easter Rising: www.rte.ie/centuryireland/inde...
Learn about the Gallipoli campaign during WW1: gallipoli.rte.ie/