Daughters of Éireann

About This Book

The story of the Irish republican movement is too often told as a story of men. This book corrects that imbalance, revealing the extraordinary and largely untold contributions of women across four decades of struggle. From the veteran members of Cumann na mBan who kept the flame alive in the 1950s, to the Price sisters who endured forced feeding on hunger strike in England, to Mairéad Farrell who was killed by the SAS in Gibraltar, to the women of Armagh Gaol who endured strip-searching and degradation — these are the daughters of Éireann whose stories have never been properly told.

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