The Pop-Up Museum showcasing 100 years of Women in Politics and Public Life was launched in December 2018 to mark the centenary of the introduction of voting rights for women and their right to stand in parliamentary elections.

The exhibition’s first venue was The Coach House at Dublin Castle and was subsequently successfully adapted for new venues. With support from our Decade of Centenaries local authority co-ordinators, the exhibition successfully toured across the country – to Limerick City and County Council, Donegal County Museum, and Roscommon County Council – with new items of local significance showcased at each location.    

The exhibition illuminated and celebrated the stories of very familiar and less well-known pioneering women, who have contributed significantly to Irish political life and public service.  Every one of these women contributed to our national story in so many ways, sometimes with little acknowledgement or appreciation within their lifetimes.