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McCarthy, Cal - Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution - Revised 2ND Edition - - BRAND NEW 2023
Cumann na mBan, a women’s support group to the Irish Volunteers, was founded in 1914. Its aims centred on arming Irishmen, generating propaganda and presenting a united Irish opposition to English rule. After participation in the 1916 Rising, members played crucial roles in intelligence, transporting arms, nursing wounded men, providing safe houses and supporting IRA men in prison. They also boosted attendances at republican rallies, funerals and protest marches. In 1922 the leadership rejected the Treaty, causing a split and the formation of Cumann na Saoirse (Free State Cumann na mBan). The Free State government’s awareness of Cumann na m Ban’s assistance to the IRA resulted in large-scale imprisonment of republican women during the Civil War. But, for a time at least, Cumann na mBan had demonstrated that women could be as politically active and capable as men.
This revised edition uses new source material to complement and update the original research. It expands our understanding of the organisation and dispels many of the myths that surrounded Cumann na mBan.
Originally published in 2007, this edition was revised and expanded by the author in 2014. After Collins Press ceased as a publisher, the author has reissued this edition. Reprinted January 2023, PAPERBACK.
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