Mná 100 - Decade of Centenaries

This podcast examines events of 100 years ago with Ireland’s membership of the League of Nations and also looks at the impact of the International Labour Organisation from 1923 onwards. It includes contributions from Professor Mary Daly, Francis Devine, Phillip Emmet and Thomas Emmet. This is the sixth and final episode in the podcast series. Scripted and presented by Dr Sinéad McCoole. Previous p...

In this episode, Dr Sinéad McCoole discusses the legacy of women imprisoned during the Irish Civil War, exploring their lives during imprisonment and what happened to them after they were released. Featuring the first-hand account of prisoner Tessie O’Connell who was imprisoned when she was 21, Manchán Magan Sighle Humphries grandson, and a commission recording of the Foggy Dew by Ailbhe Redd...

This podcast examines events of 100 years ago and women’s participation in seeking peace - from chairing the Peace Committee meetings in May to delegations organised in June and July 1922 as hostilities in the Civil War escalated. It explores the historic background to those delegations, profiling some of the participants. Maud Gonne MacBride organised delegations. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, C...

Mná100’s third podcast episode, ‘Centenary Songs’, is in partnership with the National Concert Hall. This Episode commemorates the centenary of the ‘Treaty Debates’, which took place at Earlsfort Terrace, which is now the National Concert Hall. Some of Ireland’s leading song-writers have been commissioned to create songs of a selection of men and women who took part in the Treaty Debates...

This episode explores a lesser known aspect of the life of Constance de Markievicz, as an artist, actress, playwright, poet, and lyrist. Her artistic talents are the backdrop to a conversation with 3 of Ireland’s contemporary female artists, whose practice exemplifies those disciplines today. They reflect on Markievicz as a ‘Touchstone’ between our past and present All three Artists are...

The Mná 100 Podcast series reflects on some of the women who helped shape Ireland’s history as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme. Episode one focuses on the events of May 1921, when 8 women were elected to Parliament in Ireland, both north and south of a newly formed border. As we try to get a sense of who these women were, what information can be found to guide us? To help us in our sea...

The Mna100 Centenary Podcast will take an in-depth look at some of the women who helped shape Ireland’s history. Dr Sinead McCoole, an Irish historian with expertise in the history of Irish women from 1880 to the present day will be looking at the years 1912 - 1923, as Ireland continues this Decade of Centenaries. Episode one will focus on the events of May of 1921 when 8 women were elected i...