but not Forgotten

References and Resources

Books by Sinéad McCoole:

  • No Ordinary Women, Female Activists in the Revolutionary Years 1900-1923, O'Brien Press/University of Wisconsin, 2003.
  • Guns and Chiffon, Women Revolutionaries & Kilmainham Gaol, 1916-1923, Dublin 1997.

Documentaries and Films, Scripted and Researched by Sinéad McCoole:

  • Women of 1916: a series of five short films for RTE: Maud Gonne MacBride, Countess Markievicz, Dr Kathleen Lynn, Grace Gifford Plunkett & Women of the Rank and File, Broadcast, 1996.
  • Guns and Chiffon, Paradox/RTE, Broadcast, 2003.

For Some Good Source Material on this Subject see:

  • Margaret Buckley, The Jangle of the Keys, Dublin, 1938.
  • Lil Conlon, Cumann na mBan and the Women of Ireland 1913-1925, Kilkenny, 1969.
  • Maud Gonne MacBride, A Servant of the Queen, Kerry, 1950.
  • Dorothy Macardle, The Irish Republic, London, 1937.
  • Karen Steele, Maud Gonne's Irish Nationalist Writings 1895-1946, Dublin, 2004.
  • Annie Ryan, Witnesses, Dublin, 2005.
  • Margaret Ward, Unmanageable Revolutionaries, Kerry, 1983.
  • Margaret Ward, In their own Voice Women and Irish Nationalism, Dublin, 1995.

For Biographies, Biographical Essays and References to Key Women see:

  • Sidney Gifford Czira, The Years Flew By, Arlen House, 2000.
  • RM Fox, Rebel Irishwomen, Dublin, 1935.
  • Mary Cullen and Maria Luddy (eds), Female Activists Irish Women and Change 1900-1960, Dublin, 2001
  • Kenneth Griffith and Timothy O'Grady (eds), Curious Journey An Oral History of Ireland's Unfinished Revolution, Cork, 1998.
  • Marie O'Neill, From Parnell to de Valera, A Biography of Jenny Wyse Power, Dublin, 1991.
  • Uinseann MacEoin, Survivors, Dublin, 1980
  • Donncha O'Dulaing (ed), Voices of Ireland, Dublin, 1984.
  • Ruth Taillon, When History was Made: The Women of 1916, Belfast, 1996.
  • Ten Dublin Women, catalogue, Women's Commemoration and Celebration Committee, Dublin, 1991.
  • Discovering Women in Irish History, Department of Education and Science, 2004.

For Biographies and Sources on Women Featured in this Exhibition:

  • Mary Andrews see: CS Andrews, Man of No Property, Dublin, 2001.
  • Kathleen Clarke see: Helen Litton (ed) Kathleen Clarke, Revolutionary Woman, Dublin, 1991.
  • Moya Llewelyn Davies see: Chrissy Osbourne, Michael Collins Himself, Cork, 2003. Cormac Lowth, 'James O'Connor and the Tragedy of 1890, The Dublin Historical Record, Vol IV, No 2, 2002. Cormac Lowth, 'The O'Connor Tragedy', The Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society Journal, No 10, 2001.
  • Dr Kathleen Lynn see: Maria Mulholland, The Politics and Relationships of Kathleen Lynn, Dublin, 2002. Hazel P Smyth, 'Kathleen Lynn MD FRCSI 1874-1955', Dublin Historical Record, Vol XXX, 1976-1978.

For References to Activists in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Dublin see:

  • Dublin's fighting story 1916-1921, Told by the men who made it, Kerry, nd.

Sources for information on those buried in Deansgrange Cemetery see:

  • Ray Bateson, Dead and Buried in Dublin an Illustrated Guide to the Historic Graves of Dublin, Dublin, 2002.
  • Vivian Igoe, Dublin's Burial Grounds and Graveyards, Dublin, 2001.
  • Dún Laoghaire Genelogical Society, Memorial Inscriptions of Deansgrange Cemetery, Vols 1-4.

For Primary Source Material see:

  • Kilmainham Gaol Museum for the Guns and Chiffon collection.
  • Military Bureau Records at the Military Archives.
  • University College Dublin Archives for the O'Brennan papers P13, Coyle O'Donnell papers P61, the Comerford papers LA18 and Sighle Humphreys papers P106.
  • Boston College and UL for Kathleen Clarke papers.
  • Royal College of Physicians for material on Dr Kathleen Lynn and St Ultan's Hospital.
  • The Allen Library, North Richmond Street, the National Library of Ireland and National Museum of Ireland also have material relating to women activists during this period.

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