'The Women's Council' but in English termed The Irishwomen's Council), [1] abbreviated C na mB, [2] is an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation formed in Dublin on 2 April 1914, merging with and dissolving Inghinidhe na hÉireann, and in 1916, it became an auxiliary of the Irish Volunteers. [3]

Nov 24, 2021 · The Northern Irish conflict revolutionized the exploitation of women in visual imagery for propaganda purposes. The imagery of banging bin lids, transporting bombs in prams, or indeed preventing sons from being arrested were subtle attempts to elude to the expectations of republican motherhood.

After witnessing Internment of prisoners without trial and the Bloody Sunday attack by British forces on a civil rights march, Sinéad joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) determined to …

Apr 8, 2021 · Women have been part of the IRA from the start, but their stories remain largely untold. Their roles—their radicalization, training, combat, and varying levels of conviction or remorse—form a hidden history. During the Troubles, dozens of …

Jul 10, 2019 · The IRA stands as a departure in the traditional roles women hold in terrorism and changes the narrative of how they are viewed. This shift in the structure of terrorist groups raises the question of why the change in dynamics and what does it mean for how the group operates.

Sep 21, 2022 · A propaganda image showing three IRA women appeared in the Belfast-based Republican News in February 1974 and the 1974 Republican Resistance calendar.

Donna Maguire (born c. 1967 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland [1]) is a former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) once described as Europe's most dangerous woman.

Apr 8, 2016 · Thanks to Maria Vivod for sending me this academic study of women and political conflict, ‘Sexed Pistols – The gendered impacts of small arms and pistols’, which includes a fascinating chapter on women in the IRA and UVF/RHC.

Cumann na mBan: The Women’s Army (2019), is a 66 minute documentary on the only exclusively female social movement organization in the world that endorses and engages in armed struggle —they are, in the eyes of the authorities, women “terrorists”.

Jun 29, 2018 · In Ireland, there were females both in Republican groups such as the IRA, which are fighting against British forces in Northern Ireland, as well as in groups of Loyalists who are pro-state and support the continuation of British rule of the area.