How a photograph uncovered my grandmother's republican activism during the Irish Revolution

Caitriona Beaumont

How a photograph uncovered my grandmother's republican activism during the Irish Revolution

Caitriona Beaumont

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Abstract

This article for The Conversation Insights Series tells the story of how I discovered through a family photograph that my grandmother was an active member of Cumann na mBan during the Irish Revolutionary period 1910-1923.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2022

Keywords

Irish History
Irish Revolutionary Period
IRA
The Conversation Insight Articles
Irish Decade of Centenaries
Ireland

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Edit_ How I discovered my grandmother s revolutionary backstory -- and what it reveals about the 1920s Irish women branded 'furies' and 'die-hards' - The ConversationAccepted author manuscript, 1.46 MBLicence: CC BY 4.0

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