Mhair an bheirt bhan sa chontae c\u00e9anna le linn na tr\u00e9imhse c\u00e9anna. Sa bhliain 1921, bh\u00ed saol an-\u00e9ags\u00fail acu; ach bh\u00ed cos\u00falachta\u00ed eatarthu mar sin f\u00e9in. Bh\u00ed post ag an mbeirt bhan n\u00e1r measadh a bheith ina hobair ban go traidisi\u00fanta ag an am sin. Sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann, is gn\u00e1ch mn\u00e1 in \u00c9irinn agus thar lear a bheith ag tabhairt faoi ghairmeacha lasmuigh den r\u00e9imse teaghlaigh. C\u00e9ad bliain \u00f3 shin, \u00e1fach, bh\u00ed an bheirt bhan seo ar th\u00fas cadhna\u00edochta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nuair a f\u00f3gra\u00edodh teacht chun cinn na mban i measc an lucht dl\u00ed, l\u00e9irigh daoine a bh\u00ed i mbun cleachtaidh cheana f\u00e9in imn\u00ed go mbeadh mn\u00e1 \u2018mar a bheadh rabharta sa ghairm\u2019 n\u00f3 \u2018go dteipfeadh orthu toisc nach raibh na c\u00e1il\u00edochta\u00ed riachtanacha acu\u2019, dar le Elizabeth Cruickshank, \u00fadar Women in the Law: strategic career management<\/em>. Luann an tOllamh Colum Kenny Cruickshank ina aiste Changes in Practice and Law, <\/em>Four Courts Press, 2013. L\u00e9ir\u00edonn an tOllamh an dul chun cinn a rinne mn\u00e1 le linn tr\u00e9imhse 100 bliain \u2013 \u00f3 fhoilsi\u00fa an phaimfl\u00e9id Irishwomen\u2019s Reform League<\/em>, \u2018Women\u2019s Need of Women Lawyers.\u2019 a scr\u00edobh \u2018a Woman LL.B. of T.C.D.\u2019; n\u00f3 gur ceapadh ceathrar ban sna poist is sinseara\u00ed i ngairm an dl\u00ed in \u00c9irinn: An Pr\u00edomh-Bhreitheamh Susan Denham (A ceapadh sa bhliain 2011), an tArd-Aighne M\u00e1ire Whelan SC (A ceapadh sa bhliain 2011), an Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir Ionch\u00faiseamh Poibl\u00ed Claire Loftus (A ceapadh sa bhliain 2011) agus an Pr\u00edomh-Aturnae St\u00e1it Eileen Creedon (A ceapadh sa bhliain 2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n I m\u00ed Dheireadh F\u00f3mhair 2021 bh\u00ed 100 bliain ann \u00f3 bh\u00e1saigh Catherine Fitzpatrick, Uasail, a gcuimhn\u00edtear uirthi mar an \u2018Mairn\u00e9alach Mn\u00e1\u2019, agus ar l\u00e9i an b\u00e1d a sheol s\u00ed, an Denbighshire Lass. <\/em>Is lena hainm roimh ph\u00f3sadh di, Kate Tyrrell, a raibh aithne uirthi ina h\u00e1it d\u00fachais, An tInbhear M\u00f3r, Contae Chill Mhant\u00e1in. T\u00e1 a sc\u00e9al ina l\u00e9iri\u00fa ar shaol na mban n\u00e1r tugadh aitheantas d\u00e1 gcuid oibre sa saol oifigi\u00fail \u2013 n\u00edorbh fh\u00e9idir \u00ed a dheimhni\u00fa ina Captaen loinge. Bheadh seacht\u00f3 is a tr\u00ed bliana eile i gceist sula gceapfa\u00ed na ch\u00e9ad oifigigh mn\u00e1 i Seirbh\u00eds Chabhlaigh na h\u00c9ireann, Orlaith Farrell, as Baile \u00c1tha Cliath agus Roberta O\u2019Brien, as Contae Thiobraid \u00c1rann. Tugann Lorna Siggins cuntas san Irish Times <\/em>ar an m\u00e9id a bhain siad amach ina halt a foils\u00edodh i m\u00ed na Samhna 2018 faoin gceannteideal: \u2018Meet Ireland\u2019s first Master Mariner\u2019<\/em>, ina dtugann s\u00ed achoimre ar ghairm an Chaptaein Sin\u00e9ad Reen \u00f3 Chol\u00e1iste N\u00e1isi\u00fanta Muir\u00ed na h\u00c9ireann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ba \u00ed Frances \u2018Fay\u2019 Christian Kyle an ch\u00e9ad bhean a glaodh chun an Bharra in \u00c9irinn an 1 Samhain 1921 \u2013 scol\u00e1ire tr\u00e9itheach ab ea \u00ed, ar bronnadh Duais Cuimhneach\u00e1in John Brooke uirthi i ndiaidh an gr\u00e1d ab airde ar an ioml\u00e1n a bhaint amach agus ar tr\u00ed sin a fuair s\u00ed \u00e1it sa ch\u00e9im Abhc\u00f3ide Dl\u00ed. D\u00e1 bharr sin, ba ise an ch\u00e9ad duine ar ar glaodh ar an l\u00e1, mar at\u00e1 luaite ar a leacht cuimhneach\u00e1in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u2019fhill s\u00ed ar Bh\u00e9al Feirste, a h\u00e1it d\u00fachais, \u00e1it ar \u00e9irigh s\u00ed bheith ar an gc\u00e9ad Abhc\u00f3ide mn\u00e1 a glaodh chun an Bharra nua i dTuaisceart \u00c9ireann agus ba sa bhliain 1922 a ndeachaigh s\u00ed i mbun oibre den ch\u00e9ad uair i gC\u00fairt i mB\u00e9al Feirste. Leagann an tOllamh Kenny comhth\u00e9acs na tr\u00e9imhse amach \u2013 thion\u00f3il na binseoir\u00ed cruinni\u00fa speisialta chun sraith r\u00fan a rith maidir le hiarmhairt\u00ed chr\u00edochdheighilt na h\u00c9ireann agus bh\u00ed s\u00e9 mar aidhm acu \u2018mar obair in aisce\u2019 go leanfadh abhc\u00f3id\u00ed agus breithimh araon, thuaidh agus theas, de ph\u00e1irt a ghlacadh maidir le h\u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed a rial\u00fa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ba \u00ed Averil Katherine Statter Deverell, a glaodh chun an bharra an l\u00e1 c\u00e9anna ar glaodh Frances Kyle, ar an gc\u00e9ad bhean a chuaigh i mbun cleachtaidh ag Barra na h\u00c9ireann. Chuir s\u00ed t\u00fas lena gairm an tr\u00e9imhse ch\u00e9anna a raibh Saorst\u00e1t \u00c9ireann \u00e1 bhun\u00fa agus d\u2019oibrigh s\u00ed le linn an ch\u00e9ad chaoga bliain de Dh\u00e1il \u00c9ireann, sula ndeachaigh s\u00ed ar scor sa bhliain 1969. Ba ise an ch\u00e9ad bhean a chuaigh os comhair na C\u00fairte Uachtara\u00ed agus na C\u00fairte Achomhairc Choiri\u00fail agus, mar sh\u00f3isear a chuaigh os comhair na R\u00edchomhairle sa bhliain 1928, bh\u00ed s\u00ed i dteideal a mionteagaisc a iompar i m\u00e1la dearg agus ba ise an ch\u00e9ad bhean \u00c9ireannach agus an t-aon bhean \u00c9ireannach a bhain an ch\u00e9im\u00edocht sin amach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bhain na mn\u00e1 \u00c9ireannacha seo cl\u00fa agus c\u00e1il amach i stair na h\u00c9ireann agus i stair Shasana araon, toisc gur glaodh orthu sular ligeadh bean ar bith isteach i mBarra Shasana. Bh\u00ed an saol idirn\u00e1isi\u00fanta ag caint faoina sc\u00e9alta. Rinne Liz Goldthorpe<\/strong>, at\u00e1 ina breitheamh Binse agus \u00fadar, taighde ar an gc\u00e9ad bhean i ngairm an dl\u00ed i Sasana, sa Bhreatain Bheag agus san Impireacht, agus \u00ed ag obair in \u00e9ineacht leis an Dr Judith Bourne, Ceann na Roinne Dl\u00ed, Coireola\u00edochta agus Polait\u00edochta, St Mary\u2019s University, Twickenham. Aithn\u00edonn s\u00ed cuidi\u00fa \u00f3 Ivana Bacik TD, a roinn go flaithi\u00fail taighde ar thug s\u00ed faoi i dt\u00fas na 2000\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chinntigh Liz Goldthorpe go mbeadh saol Averil Deverell ina ghn\u00e9 de dh\u00edosp\u00f3ireacht ar bith maidir leis na ch\u00e9ad abhc\u00f3id\u00ed mn\u00e1 agus labhair s\u00ed ag comhdh\u00e1lacha le roinnt blianta anuas, ina measc sin ceann a tion\u00f3ladh sa Jubilee Room i bP\u00e1l\u00e1s Westminster in 2018 agus ceann eile in Middle Temple Hall in 2020. \u00c9ist anseo<\/a> le cuid de shraith l\u00e9achta\u00ed maidir le Mn\u00e1 Ceannr\u00f3da\u00edocha sa Dl\u00ed ar l\u00e1ithre\u00e1n gr\u00e9as\u00e1in The Inner Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chun aitheantas a thabhairt d\u00e1 gcuid \u00e9achta\u00ed, mar chuid de Chl\u00e1r Deich mBliana Chom\u00f3radh an Ch\u00e9id<\/em>, rinne Oifig Eala\u00edon Chomhairle Chontae Chill Mhant\u00e1in aird an phobail i gcoitinne a dh\u00edri\u00fa ar na mn\u00e1 seo tr\u00ed bh\u00edthin cainteanna, saothar eala\u00edne, se\u00f3nna soilse, agus p\u00f3staeir, agus tr\u00edd an \u00e1bhar seo a dh\u00e9anamh do Mn\u00e1100.ie. San alt seo, caithfimid s\u00fail ar thaifid agus ar earra\u00ed ar leis na mn\u00e1 iad agus a caomhna\u00edodh i mbaili\u00fach\u00e1in phoibl\u00ed do na gl\u00fanta at\u00e1 le teacht. Cad a th\u00e1inig sl\u00e1n agus cad at\u00e1 caillte? Cad a chuirtear in i\u00fal d\u00fainn sna doicim\u00e9id? Conas a dh\u00e9anann Staraithe agus Beathaisn\u00e9isithe a gcuid oibre chun na bearna\u00ed eolais a l\u00edonadh? C\u00e9n f\u00e1th a gcoinn\u00edtear roinnt daoine i gcuimhne agus a ligtear daoine eile i ndearmad?<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u00e9anaimid com\u00f3radh ar na daoine a th\u00e9ann i mbun oibre chun an cuimhne sin a chaomhn\u00fa do na gl\u00fanta at\u00e1 le teacht: \u00fadair, beathaisn\u00e9isithe agus staraithe (focal a d\u2019\u00e9irigh coitianta i gcult\u00far na ndaoine is ea Herstorians<\/em>. N\u00ed thagann an focal historian<\/em>, \u00f3 \u2018his story\u2019 <\/em>ach \u00f3n bhfocal historia<\/em> arb \u00e9 is br\u00ed leis eolas a fh\u00e1il tr\u00ed ini\u00fachadh a dh\u00e9anamh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n T\u00e1 obair le d\u00e9anamh ag staraithe ach n\u00ed bheadh an obair sin ind\u00e9anta ach amh\u00e1in tr\u00ed \u00e1bhar bheith \u00e1 chaomhn\u00fa ag daoine aonair agus tr\u00edd an obair a dh\u00e9anann leabharlannaithe, cartlannaithe agus coime\u00e1daithe iarsmalainne, agus iad sin a dh\u00e9anann na d\u00e9ant\u00e1in stairi\u00fala seo a roghn\u00fa, a dhigiti\u00fa a chaomhn\u00fa agus a chosaint. T\u00fas na hoibre is ea an t-\u00e1bhar a choinne\u00e1il, agus c\u00e9ad bliain ina dhiaidh sin, faighimid amach faoina sc\u00e9alta tr\u00ed na giota\u00ed at\u00e1 tagtha sl\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n San alt seo, d\u00edr\u00edmid \u00e1r n-aird ar chartlann Averil Katherine Statter Deverell at\u00e1 le f\u00e1il i gcartlann \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed, Baile \u00c1tha Cliath<\/a> sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann agus d\u00e9ant\u00e1in a bhaineann le saol Kate Tyrrell at\u00e1 ina gcuid de bhaili\u00fach\u00e1n Iarsmalann Mhuir\u00ed an Inbhir Mh\u00f3ir<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ba \u00e9 Ellesmere, <\/em>B\u00f3thar na hEaglaise, na Clocha Liatha, a bh\u00ed mar bhaile ag Averil Deverell \u00f3 bh\u00ed s\u00ed \u00f3g sna 1910\u00ed go dt\u00ed na 1970\u00ed. Bh\u00ed go leor athruithe feicthe aici le linn a saoil \u2013 I dt\u00fas b\u00e1ire, is sr\u00e1idbhaile beag cois c\u00f3sta a bh\u00ed sna Clocha Liatha, a ndeachaigh slua cuairteoir\u00ed ann gach samhraidh agus ina raibh daonra seasta d\u2019iascair\u00ed, siopad\u00f3ir\u00ed, fir ghairmi\u00fala agus a dteaghlach, st\u00e1tseirbh\u00edsigh choil\u00edneachta ar scor, fir mh\u00edleata agus cl\u00e9ir. I gcaitheamh na mblianta, th\u00e1inig m\u00e9ad\u00fa air agus d\u2019\u00e9irigh s\u00e9 n\u00edos uirb\u00ed, n\u00edos \u00e9ags\u00fala agus bh\u00ed ceangal n\u00edos l\u00e1idre idir \u00e9 agus na phr\u00edomhchathair, Baile \u00c1tha Cliath, d\u00edreach lastall de theorainn an chontae. Bh\u00ed s\u00ed ina ball d\u2019Eaglais na h\u00c9ireann, agus bh\u00ed a saol sna Clocha Liatha bunaithe ar a teaghlach, cairde agus an eaglais. Idir a h\u00f3ige agus seanaois, th\u00e1inig athr\u00fa ar a pobal de r\u00e9ir mar a th\u00e1inig athr\u00fa ar an t\u00edr f\u00e9in le linn na mblianta sin. Bh\u00ed a hathair ina Chl\u00e9ireach Cor\u00f3ineach agus S\u00edoch\u00e1na do Chill Mhant\u00e1in. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ina Aontachtach, de r\u00e9ir mar a bh\u00ed an chuid ba mh\u00f3 de ghr\u00fapa cairde mhuintir Deverell. Cuireadh s\u00edos ar William Deverell in The Weekly Irish Times <\/em>a bheith ina oibr\u00ed iomr\u00e1iteach don ch\u00fais Aontachtach. Tharraing Rosemary Raughter, Stara\u00ed \u00c1iti\u00fail agus ball de chuid Chumann Seand\u00e1la\u00edochta agus Staire na gCloch Liath, aird ar an traidisi\u00fan l\u00e1idir d\u00edlseach i gContae Chill Mhant\u00e1in, a bh\u00ed le feice\u00e1il go m\u00f3r sna Clocha Liatha, agus mn\u00e1 mar aon le fir ag glacadh p\u00e1irt i gCumainn agus gn\u00edomha\u00edochta\u00ed Aontachtacha. Chun tuilleadh eolais a fh\u00e1il maidir le ceangail aontachtacha i gCill Mhant\u00e1in agus sna Clocha Liatha, f\u00e9ach an t-alt le Rosemary Raughter:\u2018Home Rule is throwing many a shadow just now\u2019: \u2018Wicklow women, Unionism and the Women\u2019s Declaration of 1912.\u2019 Irisleabhar Chumann Staire Iarthar Chill Mhant\u00e1in<\/em>, Uimh. 11, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHowever, while Averil was of this background and indeed would be one of those Presented at a Court in Dublin Castle during the visit of King George and Queen Mary in 1911, her early involvement in suffragism, her university education and war work, as well as her subsequent legal career would have brought her into contact and co-operation with those political opinions diverged sharply from those of her parents\u2019 generation.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rosemary Raughter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n N\u00ed raibh t\u00e1bhacht staraithe \u00e1iti\u00fala chomh soil\u00e9ir riamh n\u00e1 mar at\u00e1 le linn Dheich mBliana Chom\u00f3radh an Ch\u00e9id <\/em>seo. Nuair a th\u00e1inig Liz Goldthorpe, Breitheamh Binse ar Scor a bh\u00ed ag obair ar leabhar faoi na ch\u00e9ad mhn\u00e1 i ngairm an dl\u00ed, chuig na Clocha Liatha, bh\u00ed teacht aici ar l\u00edonra daoine eolacha agus nasctha san \u00e1it, Rosemary Raughter agus Colin Love ina measc. Luann s\u00ed an dara duine acu as ucht \u00ed a chur in aithne d\u2019\u00fain\u00e9ir reatha Ellesmere,<\/em> a raibh a fhios ag a athair go raibh na h\u00fain\u00e9ir\u00ed roimhe sin, Osborne \u2018Ozzy\u2019 agus Betty Spurling, ina gcaomhn\u00f3ir\u00ed le 40 bliain anuas ar roinnt earra\u00ed pearsanta ar le Averil Deverell iad. Cheannaigh siad teach Deverell sa bhliain 1975 agus tr\u00ed sin, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leo an chartlann a fh\u00e1il mar chuid d\u2019inneachar an t\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sa bhliain 2017, fuarthas \u00e1it bhuan don \u00e1bhar seo in \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed. Is \u00e9 an tOllamh Colum Kenny, at\u00e1 ina bhinseoir oinigh de chuid \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed, agus Leabharlanna\u00ed \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed, Renate N\u00ed Uigin, a rinne aistri\u00fa casta an \u00e1bhair chuig \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed a bhainisti\u00fa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caomhna\u00edtear na hearra\u00ed seo san \u00e1it a ndeachaigh Averil Deverell isteach mar mhac l\u00e9inn i m\u00ed Ean\u00e1ir 1920 , agus \u00e9acht stairi\u00fail \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh aici mar dhuine de na ch\u00e9ad mhn\u00e1, nuair a chuaigh s\u00ed isteach i ndiaidh chead\u00fa an Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act<\/em>, 1919.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I measc earra\u00ed eile a bh\u00ed i Leabharlann \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed cheana f\u00e9in, bh\u00ed iontr\u00e1il Averil Deverell i Minute Book of the Council<\/em>, 1917-1918, a scr\u00fadaigh an tOllamh Kenny, (le linn a chuid oibre f\u00e9in maidir le hoidhreacht ban ceannr\u00f3da\u00edoch i ngairm an dl\u00ed in \u00c9irinn) agus a l\u00e9ir\u00edonn gur ceada\u00edodh isteach \u00ed mar mhac l\u00e9inn ar an 8 Ean\u00e1ir 1920, a bh\u00ed c\u00fapla l\u00e1 roimh Kyle, mar a tharla\u00edonn s\u00e9, c\u00e9 gur \u00edocadh iad araon ar an gc\u00e9ad l\u00e1, an 11 Feabhra 1920. Chomh maith leis sin, d\u2019aimsigh an tOllamh Kenny iat\u00e1n suimi\u00fail sa mheabhr\u00fach\u00e1n iontr\u00e1la, ina luaitear gur ceada\u00edodh Averil isteach mar mhac l\u00e9inn i dt\u00e9arma na f\u00e9ile Mich\u00edl 1919. Tuairisc\u00edodh san Evening Telegraph <\/em>an 22 Ean\u00e1ir 1920 gur ciorra\u00edodh tr\u00e9imhse c\u00e1il\u00edochta na beirte ban toisc gur bhain siad c\u00e9im LLB amach in Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile \u00c1tha. Tugadh d\u00edol\u00faine do Averil Deverell agus Frances Kyle araon \u00f3 chuid de na commons<\/em> (dinn\u00e9ir) a leagadh s\u00edos faoi rialacha \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed, do Kyle mar aitheantas ar Scol\u00e1ireacht John Brooke bheith bronnta uirthi, agus do Deverell mar ch\u00faiteamh ar a seirbh\u00eds chogaidh. Mar gheall air sin, cuireadh dl\u00fas lena mbealach le bheith ar na ch\u00e9ad Abhc\u00f3id\u00ed Mn\u00e1 a glaodh chun an Bharra in \u00c9irinn roimh dhl\u00edns\u00ed eile. Chuaigh Averil Deverell isteach i Leabharlann an Dl\u00ed i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath d\u00edreach ag an tr\u00e1th c\u00e9anna a d\u2019fhill Frances Kyle ar a h\u00e1it d\u00fachais, B\u00e9al Feirste. D\u2019\u00e9irigh Frances as cleachtas ag tr\u00e1th r\u00e9as\u00fanta gairid ina dhiaidh sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n T\u00e1 cartlann Averil Katherine Statter Deverell <\/strong>comhdh\u00e9anta de leabhair, leabhar gearrth\u00f3g, leabhar s\u00ednithe, seodra, roinnt earra\u00ed f\u00f3ill\u00edochta ar n\u00f3s c\u00e1rta\u00ed imeartha maisithe a bhfuil ciumhais \u00f3rga orthu, mar aon le comhfhreagras, portr\u00e1id\u00ed agus prionta\u00ed. T\u00e1 na d\u00e9ant\u00e1in faoi choinne\u00e1il sh\u00e1bh\u00e1ilte i gcartlann \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann. Machna\u00edonn an leabharlanna\u00ed Renate N\u00ed Uigin ar an t\u00e1bhacht a bhaineann leis an mbaili\u00fach\u00e1n seo<\/p>\n\n\n\n King\u2019s Inn were delighted to incorporate the Averil Deverell material into our existing archive. We were always aware of the landmark event of the call to the Bar of the first two women, but the additional materials presented an opportunity to learn more about Averil, various aspects of her life and life in the early Twentieth Century. Two key items that stand out are her scrapbook, and the Brief for her appearance before the Privy Council, giving completely different, but equally significant, glimpses of her personal and professional life.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Renate N\u00ed Uigin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u2019fhreastail Averil Deverell ar an Scoil Fhrancach i pPl\u00e1s Shu\u00ed Mhant\u00e1in, Br\u00e9 i dt\u00fas na 1900\u00ed. Ba ansin a ndeachaigh s\u00ed ar st\u00e1itse in go leor l\u00e9iri\u00fach\u00e1in dr\u00e1ma\u00edochta sa scoil. Ina leabhar gearrth\u00f3g ina gcl\u00fada\u00edtear an tr\u00e9imhse 1911-1916, t\u00e1 c\u00e1rta\u00ed damhsa, tic\u00e9id, agus biachl\u00e1ir \u2013 tacar ioml\u00e1n \u00e1bhair at\u00e1 mar thaifead ar a saol at\u00e1 f\u00f3s \u00e1 scr\u00fad\u00fa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bh\u00ed ceann de na hearra\u00ed an-choscrach ag tr\u00e9imhse cuimhneach\u00e1in 2018 nuair a com\u00f3radh cearta v\u00f3t\u00e1la a thabhairt isteach do mhn\u00e1 mar aon lena gceart seasamh i dtoghch\u00e1in pharlaiminte: Cuireadh \u2018How the vote was won\u2019 ar taispe\u00e1int in \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed. Ar script l\u00e1mhdh\u00e9anta den choim\u00e9ide a bh\u00ed ann a bh\u00ed bunaithe ar an gcoincheap maidir le hollstailc ioml\u00e1n na mban, a scr\u00edobh Cicely Hamilton a ch\u00f3irigh s\u00ed in \u00e9ineacht le Christopher St John. Cuireadh \u00e9 ar st\u00e1itse den ch\u00e9ad uair i Londain sa bhliain 1909, chuaigh s\u00e9 ar camchuairt i bhfad agus i ngearr agus cuireadh \u00e9 ar st\u00e1itse i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath an bhliain d\u00e1r gcionn. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 seo beartaithe bheith ina thaibhi\u00fa parl\u00fais agus i gCill Mhant\u00e1in, bh\u00ed Averil Deverell ar dhuine de na haisteoir\u00ed a thug ord\u00fa d\u00e1 comhaisteoir\u00ed agus cairde \u00f3ga suaitheantais Conradh Cearta V\u00f3t\u00e1la Aisteoir\u00ed Mn\u00e1 a chaitheamh. (Bu\u00edochas le Liz Goldthorpe as an bhfaisn\u00e9is seo). T\u00e1 ciall na ndathanna t\u00e1bhachtach: t\u00e1 an rib\u00edn cearta v\u00f3t\u00e1la corcra, uaine agus b\u00e1n (nach iad na dathanna cearta v\u00f3t\u00e1la in \u00c9irinn a scaip Conradh Cearta V\u00f3t\u00e1la Mn\u00e1 na h\u00c9ireann Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, ach dathanna an Aontais Polait\u00edochta um Chearta V\u00f3t\u00e1la na mBan a bhunaigh muintir Pankhurst).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rinne Liz Goldthorpe amach gur d\u00f3cha gur cuireadh an dr\u00e1ma\u00edocht ar st\u00e1itse i dteach mhuintir West. Tugann an stara\u00ed Rosemary Raughter tuilleadh comhth\u00e9acs ina leith sin. Mar chuid d\u00e1 taighde ar mhn\u00e1 sa ghluaiseacht chearta v\u00f3t\u00e1la i gContae Chill Mhant\u00e1in, t\u00e1 tuairisc\u00ed faighte aici maidir le cruinnithe bheith \u00e1 dtion\u00f3il ag Caroline West, (ba \u00e9 a fear c\u00e9ile an Dublin Jeweller<\/em> iomr\u00e1iteach) ina teach, Mount Offaly<\/em>, ar Bh\u00f3thar Choill\u00edn na Carraige. I measc na gcainteoir\u00ed ar \u00f3c\u00e1id amh\u00e1in bh\u00ed Louie Bennett, ceannasa\u00ed Ph\u00e1irt\u00ed an Lucht Oibre, agus sufrag\u00f3ir Meirice\u00e1nach a bh\u00ed ar cuairt. Chomh maith leis sin, bh\u00ed Mrs. West ina h\u00f3stach don \u00fadar agus sufrag\u00f3ir Laurence Housman, nuair a thug s\u00e9 cuairt ar na Clocha Liatha le linn a chamchuairt ar \u00c9irinn sa bhliain 1912 \u2013 rinne cara de chuid Averil Deverell ceann de dh\u00e1nta de chuid Housman ar son chearta v\u00f3t\u00e1la na mban, a bh\u00ed ina scigaithris ar an d\u00e1n \u2018If\u2019 le Kipling, a thras-scr\u00edobh ina leabhar s\u00ednithe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bh\u00ed c\u00f3isir\u00ed lead\u00f3ige ina mbealach eile chun airgead a thioms\u00fa agus i m\u00ed an Mheithimh 1914 d\u2019\u00f3st\u00e1il m\u00e1thair Averil, Ada Kate Statter Deverell, com\u00f3rtas lead\u00f3ige in Ellesmere<\/em> chun airgead a bhaili\u00fa don ch\u00fais chearta v\u00f3t\u00e1la. Chun tuilleadh eolais a fh\u00e1il maidir leis an ngluaiseacht chearta v\u00f3t\u00e1la sna Clocha Liatha agus in aice l\u00e1imhe i mBr\u00e9 f\u00e9ach an t-alt le Rosemary Raughter \u2018Preaching the suffrage gospel in County Wicklow: a Local perspective on the women\u2019s suffrage campaign, 1908-1918. Irisleabhar Chumann Staire Iarthar Chill Mhant\u00e1in<\/em>, Uimh. 10, 2019, lgh47-71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I measc na ngrianghraf i mBaili\u00fach\u00e1n Averil Deverell, t\u00e1 ceann di a th\u00f3g Lafayette. Agus \u00ed ocht mbliana d\u00e9ag d\u2019aois, bh\u00ed s\u00ed ar dhuine de na deibi\u00fatant a cuireadh in aithne don R\u00ed Seoirse V agus an Bhanr\u00edon M\u00e1ire i Seomra an R\u00edchathaoireach i gCaisle\u00e1n Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath. Tharla cur in aithne an deibi\u00fatant i Seomra an R\u00edchathaoireach agus i Halla Naomh P\u00e1draig, Caisle\u00e1n Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath. Bh\u00ed g\u00fana foirme\u00e1lta mar chuid d\u00e1 cur in aithne, a cuireadh s\u00edos mar \u2018full dress\u2019. Chomhl\u00edon s\u00ed an riachtanas bheith gl\u00e9asta i mb\u00e1n agus le scofall, le l\u00e1mhainn\u00ed fada agus tr\u00ed chleite b\u00e1n ostraise ina gruaig. Chomh maith leis sin, t\u00e1 an c\u00e1rta cuiridh chun na C\u00fairte i gCaisle\u00e1n Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath D\u00e9 M\u00e1irt an 11 I\u00fail 1911, ag 9.30pm sa chartlann. L\u00e9irithe anseo<\/a>. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ar an gcur in aithne deiridh a tharla in \u00c9irinn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u2019fhreastail Averil Deverell ar an ollscoil d\u00edreach os cionn deich mbliana i ndiaidh don ch\u00e9ad bhean bheith ceadaithe isteach i gCol\u00e1iste na Tr\u00edon\u00f3ide, Baile \u00c1tha Cliath ar th\u00e9arma\u00ed cothroma. D\u2019fhreastail s\u00ed f\u00e9in agus a leathch\u00fapla dearth\u00e1r William Berenger Statter Deverell in \u00e9ineacht agus bhain siad a gc\u00e9imeanna dl\u00ed amach sa bhliain 1915. S\u00e9 bliana ina dhiaidh sin, glaodh iad chun an Bharra in \u00c9irinn ar an l\u00e1 c\u00e9anna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le linn na tr\u00e9imhse c\u00e9anna a raibh Averil Deverell ag freastal ar Chol\u00e1iste na Tr\u00edon\u00f3ide, Baile \u00c1tha Cliath, bh\u00ed an Ch\u00e9ad Chogadh Domhanda (1914-1918) ar si\u00fal. D\u2019\u00e9irigh Averil Deverell ina Si\u00far Bhanaltrais den D\u00edorma un Ch\u00fanamh Deonach ag Ospid\u00e9al an D\u00edorma um Ch\u00fanamh Deonach Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath. D\u2019fh\u00f3in s\u00ed idir 1915-1917 de r\u00e9ir thaifid Bhriog\u00e1id Otharsheirbh\u00edse Naomh Eoin agus Chumann Croise Deirge na Breataine. Chomh maith leis sin, d\u2019fh\u00f3in s\u00ed sa VAD ina baile d\u00fachais, Na Clocha Liatha. Rinne Averil Deverell seirbh\u00eds ghn\u00edomhach idir m\u00ed I\u00fail agus m\u00ed na Nollag 1918 nuair a thaistil s\u00ed chun na Fraince agus Fl\u00f3ndrais, \u00e1it a d\u2019fh\u00f3in s\u00ed ina tiom\u00e1na\u00ed otharchairr. (Ba \u00e9 a hathair, a bh\u00ed ar dhuine de na ch\u00e9ad fir sna Clocha Liatha a raibh carr aige, a mh\u00fain tiom\u00e1int di.) D\u2019fh\u00f3in s\u00ed in ospid\u00e9al in Villeneuve-sur-Lot agus \u00ed ag obair le Cros Dhearg na Fraince. T\u00e1 an pas a tugadh di sa bhliain 1918 i measc na nd\u00e9ant\u00e1n at\u00e1 in \u00d3sta\u00ed an R\u00ed sa l\u00e1 at\u00e1 inniu ann. Chun tuilleadh eolais a fh\u00e1il maidir lena seirbh\u00eds sa Ch\u00e9ad Chogadh Domhanda agus a Cur in Aithne i gCaisle\u00e1n Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath, f\u00e9ach an t-alt le Liz Goldthorpe ar l\u00e1ithre\u00e1n gr\u00e9as\u00e1in Chaisle\u00e1n Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath. Is f\u00e9idir a pas M\u00edleata, mar aon le grianghraf di a chuir an Oifig Gn\u00f3tha\u00ed Eachtracha stampa air an 30 I\u00fail 1918, a fheice\u00e1il anseo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bh\u00ed Averil Deverell sa Fhrainc nuair a th\u00e1inig an cogadh chun deiridh. Laistigh de roinnt blianta, n\u00ed hamh\u00e1in go mbeadh s\u00ed mar chuid den stair, ach bheadh s\u00ed ag cruth\u00fa na staire freisin. Deirtear gurbh \u00e9 a hathair a spreag \u00ed chun staid\u00e9ar a dh\u00e9anamh ar an dl\u00ed, agus sa bhliain 1919 ritheadh reachta\u00edocht le go mbeadh s\u00ed in ann cleachtadh. Bh\u00ed dl\u00edod\u00f3ir\u00ed ar thaobh a m\u00e1thar freisin. Bh\u00ed a m\u00e1thair, Ada Kate Statter Deverell, ar an aon in\u00edon ag Aturnae as Londain, a ndearna a theaghlach a shaibhreas sa R\u00fais. D\u2019\u00e9irigh Naomi Constance Wallace, col ceathrar le Averil, ar dhuine de na ch\u00e9ad mhn\u00e1 ag Barra Shasana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bh\u00ed A.K.S. Deverell, Abhc\u00f3ide Dl\u00ed, ar an gc\u00e9ad bhean, agus ar feadh ocht m\u00ed dh\u00e9ag, ar an aon bhean amh\u00e1in sa Leabharlann Dl\u00ed. Bh\u00ed s\u00ed ar an gc\u00e9ad bhean in \u00c9irinn a scr\u00edobh tuarasc\u00e1il dl\u00ed. Bh\u00ed tionchar ag imeachta\u00ed 1922 ar a saol gairmi\u00fail, nuair a forghabhadh na Ceithre Ch\u00fairteanna agus nuair a rinneadh dam\u00e1iste d\u00f3ibh le linn an ch\u00e9ad chomhraic de Chogadh Cathartha na h\u00c9ireann, go gairid i ndiaidh di dul os comhair na c\u00fairte den ch\u00e9ad uair. Aistr\u00edodh an Leabharlann Dl\u00ed chuig Caisle\u00e1n Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath, \u00e1it ar \u00fas\u00e1ideadh Halla Naomh P\u00e1draig mar an Leabharlann Dl\u00ed \u00f3n mbliain 1923 go dt\u00ed 1931. Mar a l\u00e9ir\u00edtear anseo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le linn shaol gairmi\u00fail Averil Deverell, a mhair daichead bliain \u00f3 na 1920\u00ed go dt\u00ed na 1960\u00ed, d\u2019oibrigh s\u00ed le linn na ch\u00e9adbhlianta den St\u00e1t nuair a cuireadh srianta i bhfeidhm ar dhul chun cinn na mban agus cuireadh teorainn tr\u00ed reachta\u00edocht le rannph\u00e1irt\u00edocht na mban sa saol poibl\u00ed, lena n-\u00e1ir\u00edtear cosc a chur le mn\u00e1 bheith ar ghi\u00fair\u00e9ithe. Chun comhth\u00e9acs a fh\u00e1il, f\u00e9ach 100 Year Journey<\/a>. Tr\u00ed thaighde a rinne Liz Goldthorpe, nochtadh rannph\u00e1irt\u00edocht Averil Deverell i gCumann Gailf an Bharra, agus a d\u00edbharr\u00fa ina dhiaidh sin nuair a athra\u00edodh na rialacha ballra\u00edochta go tobann: (Lean Averil ag imirt ina ainneoin sin). Sa bhliain 1927, v\u00f3t\u00e1il an cumann ballra\u00edocht a theorann\u00fa d\u2019fhir na mbreithi\u00fana agus an Bharra. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 sin f\u00f3s i bhfeidhm nuair a chuaigh Averil Deverell ar scor sa bhliain 1969. N\u00edor cuireadh ar ceal \u00e9 go dt\u00ed cruinni\u00fa cinn bhliana in 1975. B\u2019shin an bhliain a d\u2019fh\u00e1g Averil Ellesmere <\/em>don uair dheiridh mar gheall ar ch\u00faiseanna sl\u00e1inte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lean Averil Katherine Statter Deverell de thaca\u00edocht a thabhairt d\u00e1 halma mater, do bhanch\u00e9imithe, agus do mhn\u00e1 sa dl\u00ed le linn a saoil. Nuair a fuair s\u00ed b\u00e1s in 1979, d\u2019fh\u00e1g s\u00ed tiomnacht ina huacht chun post l\u00e9acht\u00f3ra a bhun\u00fa sa Scoil Dl\u00ed, ar post \u00e9 a bh\u00ed ag Iarbhreitheamh na C\u00fairte Uachtara\u00ed an tOn\u00f3rach Fidelma Macken SC. Chun cuntas n\u00edos ioml\u00e1ine ar a saol a fh\u00e1il, f\u00e9ach: Liz Goldthorpe \u2018<\/em>A Quiet Woman?\u2019 in Irisleabhar Seand\u00e1la\u00edochta agus Staire na gCloch Liath<\/em>, Imleabhar 9, 2018-2019. 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Frances \u2018Fay\u2019 Christian Kyle<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cad a l\u00e9ir\u00edtear d\u00fainn sa chartlann? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr\u00e1ma taispe\u00e1ntas amh\u00e1in,\u00a0\u2018How the vote was won\u2019<\/em> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Grianghraf Foirmi\u00fail Averil Katherine Statter Deverell <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A.K.S. Deverell, Abhc\u00f3ide Dl\u00ed<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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