August 2022 marks the centenary of formation of The Women Prisoners' Defence League according to a document found in 47 Parnell Square sometime in the 1970s, now in a private collection: The Women’s Prisoners’ Defence League was started in August 1922, informally outside the gates of Mountjoy Jail, Dublin, by the mothers, wives and sisters of...

Ellen F O’Connor (1874-1943) was a 46 year old, American, a Teacher who taught at the Prince School and later at West Roxbury High, Boston A singer who took part in church musicals and other recitals She gave an annual lecture on Irish Art at Boston Library She availed of a sabbatical from school to undertake travel, and she visited Europe,...

To mark the centenary on 16th June of the ‘Pact Election’ of 1922, Mná 100 partnered with the National Print Museum to run this innovative pilot printing workshop Leading up to the election, on 20th May 1922, a last minute electoral pact was signed This proposed a national coalition panel for the third Dáil Éireann, composed of Pro and...

Mná100 Podcast Episode 4 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...

The 6th April 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the issue of the ‘Cork Manifesto’ in The Cork Examiner This press cutting is one item in the extensive Conlon Collection held by Cork Public Museum Dan Breen, Curator of Cork Public Museum for this centenary commemoration, provided his insight on some of the key items in this collection He...

On the 13th of March 1922, Cumann na Saoirse had its inaugural meeting The meeting in the Mansion House was presided over by Jennie Wyse Power Mná100 have partnered with St Patrick’s Festival SPTV and Ali Morris, author of Active Citizen: The Public Affairs Career of Jennie Wyse Power, who will share her expertise and new insights on Jennie Wyse...

Executive of Cumannna mBan February 1922 This photo shows 23 members of the Executive of Cumman na mBan While we know who most of these women are, there are 4 who remain unidentified Can you help us identify them At a special convention on 5 February 1922, Cumann na mBan rejected the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty with Great Britain and...

Mná100, in association with The Royal Irish Academy, marks the centenary of the Handover of Dublin Castle, one of the key events to be remembered as part of the Decade of Centenaries programme for 2022 Dr Kate O’Malley is co-author with Dr John Gibney of the Royal Irish Academy’s latest publication The Handover: Dublin Castle and the British...