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"In 1920 alone, almost 650 houses and business premises were destroyed and 8,000 people forced out of their homes while between July 1920 and June 1922, 78 women died in violent incidents directly related to the conflict." Margaret Ward on Rebel Women, Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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The rebel women of the North during the War of Independence: hiding rifles in the kitchen and ammunition under bedclothes There are many neglected stories of Northern republican women in the War of Independence https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2024/12/06/the-rebel-women-of-the-north-during-the-war-of-independence-hiding-rifles-in-the-kitchen-and-ammunition-under-bedclothes/