Exploring people, culture and ideas

Learning Outcome 2.9: Explain how the experience of women in Irish society changed during the twentieth century.

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female figures
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constance markievicz

history ireland hedge school - Women of the Irish Revolution—Constance Markievicz

bbc radio 4 - great lives - ​Constance Markievicz 
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richmond barracks - the 1918 election of countess markievicz

mary robinson

president of ireland - 
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inauguration address, 1990

test of inauguration address, 1990

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Women's suffrage

century ireland - The international story of the women’s suffrage movement

uk history association - women's suffrage - history and citizenship resources for schools

THE IRISH STORY - ​Women, the Vote and Nationalist Revolution in Ireland
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THE IRISH TIMES - CENTURY: WOMEN AND THE VOTE
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How Irish women won the right to vote in 1918
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evan boland poem - Our future will become the past of other women

​historypod extra - women secure the right to vote...

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investigate a repository of historical evidence

rté archives - women in irish society

century ireland - the suffrage movement

the library of trinity college dublin - exhibition -  violence, ridicule and silence
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oireachtas.ie - vótáil 100
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the irish times - vote 100

DIGITAL REPOSITORY OF IRELAND - LIFE HISTORIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE COLLECTION

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the ban on contraception

bbc world service - witness - The Irish Contraceptive Train

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MORE RESOURCES

rté news - Why were women absent from Irish juries for 50 years?

FARMGATE CAFÉ, CORK - WOMEN OF THE SOUTH: RADICALS AND REVOLUTIONARIES
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TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN - THE CENTRE FOR GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES - Bridge-IT Project: Hilda Tweedy

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FOCUS TASK
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revision
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test your knowledge
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