This collection of articles poses the question: What can gender history add to the traditional narrative of Irish history? How can it help us to understand the

The first general survey of the history of women in early modern Ireland. Based on an impressive range of source material, it presents the results of original r

This volume examines Irish women's many and varied political and public roles from the 18th century through to the 20th century. Throughout such an analysis, ma

At the turn of the twentieth century women played a key role in debates about the nature of the Irish nation. Examining women's participation in nationalist and

How did Ireland travel from the glorious Proclamation of 1916, with its promise of equality and universal citizenship, to the conservative constitution of 1937,