Sorry to hear of the passing of Manchan Magan a great writer and promoter of the Irish language also a link to the Republican history of the country being the grandson of Sheila Humphreys lifelong Republican and member of Cumann na mBan he was also the great grand nephew of the O Rahilly.

Born #Onthisday 1885 nurse Aoife de Búrca who treated the injured (including James Connolly) during the #EasterRising at the Hibernian Hotel & the GPO & carried messages through the chaos. She returned to nursing for #Dublin Corporation, dedicating her life to care.

Just saw this little cat on active service 😀

Castlefields and Oxford Road Manchester

Moore Street Dublin 2018

A mural of Terence MacSwiney on Liberty Street Cork it is in connection with Mairead Lucy who typed the draft of Principles of Freedom.

Back in 2021 after some searching found the grave of May and Lil Conlon at Kilcrea Friary Cork. Lil's book "Cumann na mBan and the women of Ireland " is well worth reading. Great information on the War of Independence in the Cork area.

Brid Duggan sister of Peg , Annie and Sarah. Brid was a national school teacher near her home in Blackpool Cork. Unlike her three sisters she was a staunch supporter of De Valera she had a photo of him displayed prominently at her home on Cathedral Street.

Left to right Lil Conlon, Sarah Duggan, Kate Breen from Kerry is standing ( not properly visible) and May Conlon all republican. All except Kate Breen supported the treaty. Kate eventually became a Fianna Fail councillor. The Conlons lived in Shanakiel Cork.

Sarah Langford one of the Duggan sisters from Blackpool Cork a seamstress by trade worked from home had to endure numerous raids on the house by the Black and Tans a friend of Michael Collins she supported the treaty. She went through great difficulties to get a pension for her service.

My mother Sheila, born 1935 , began work in 1948 aged 13 married 1960 had to leave work over the law at the time , widowed 1986 passed away December 2021 . This photo was taken on her 84th birthday.

23 North Main Street Cork the birth place of Terence MacSwiney. Unfortunately the plaques are so high up it's impossible to read them.

O'Brien's Mill Douglas ( Saint Patrick's Woolen Mills ). My grandmother worked there in the darning shed I still have her needles. My mother started work in the Mill at 13 years of age till she was 15 she never liked it she knew even back then in 1948 it wasn't right for children to work full time.

This lovely cat lives across from the Lough in Cork it spends its days watching the Ducks ,Geese and Swans they all hear it coning with the bell on its collar ringing when it runs.

Coughlans Pub and live music venue one of the last of the original Pubs on Douglas Street.

Portneys Lane Cork running from the Coal Quay to North Main Street this is the late 50's . Many if the residents if this lane were traders / street vendors on the Coal Quay.

Fascinating gardens of Fishbourne Roman Palace 😀 #gardens #romans #history

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩 The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 by me #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology

Reading this at the moment it's excellent.

Peg Duggan from Thomas Davis Street Cork had a flower shop with her sister by Parliament Bridge they were members of Cumann na mBan. Peg's shop was a hot bed of activity during the war of Independence. She supported the treaty. There was a Peg Duggan branch of Fine Gael.

Shrine to the Mother of good Council Saint Augustine's Church Cork .

Timewarp of South Mall #Cork then 1960s & now 2020 #TimewarpCork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W 📷NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/timewarp

Exhausted after being out all night

Bodenstown June 1963

Nora Giles O Daly Nationalist member of Cumann na mBan. The Black and Tans described her as a very dangerous woman she took the pro treaty side in the Civil War. She became secretary of the Dail Courts . She died. May 1943 aged 59.

My exhibition on the afterlives of Cork revolutionary women who did not marry is in the final stages. I want to thank so much @sostudiodesign.bsky.social for all their work - brilliant design and attention to detail - a truly positive experience. Thank you the @ria.ie for funding this.

Muriel MacSwiney

Our cat loves Cookie Monster

From the Capuchin archives Muriel MacSwiney leaving Brixton Prison after the death of her husband Terence Lord Mayor of Cork after 74 days hunger strike.

John McGahern author of Amongst Women, The Barracks , The Dark and That they may face the Rising Sun . He lost his teaching job with the publication of The Dark. His works are well worth reading.

Douglas Street Cork in the early 1970's you couldn't go directly from Summerhill South to Langford Row I remember it like this you had to turn on to Douglas Street and right by the horse trough and on to Langford Row as traffic got busier 22 house were demolished to widen the road.

Maire Ni Chinneide first president of the Camoige Association, first female president of Oireachtas na Gaeilge . She helped set up Cumann na Saoirse alongside Jenny Wyse Power.

Alice Stopford Green , Historian, Nationalist, Senator and founding member of Cumann na Saoirse. She was involved in the Howth gun running providing financial assistance. A close friend of Roger Casement.

Fish seller Dun Laoghaire a few years ago.

The Lough Cork

Street sellers in times past Dublin

Parliament Bridge Cork

Tomas MacCurtain first Republican Lord Mayor of Cork seen here with his family . He was Lord Mayor for less than two months when he was murder before his family.

Mna na Phoblachta the women who split from Cumann na mBan in 1933 it continued it's support for the second Dail which it considered to be the legitimate government of Ireland.

Douglas Street Festival Sunday September 7th

Statue to Hannah Sheehy Skeffington at Kanturk Park Co Cork

Members of " Old Cumann na mBan" and the "Old IRA " at the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising outside the GPO on O' Connell Street Dublin.

A lady selling chocolate on the streets of West London in the 1930's

Shighle Humphreys lifelong member of Cumann na mBan niece of The O Rahilly. She took the anti treaty side in the Civil War .

Well done to the Secretaries and Caretakers for making a stand for their rights today

Muriel MacSwiney wife of Terence MacSwiney and her daughter Maire Og .

A busy Patrick Street Cork Christmas 1927

Suzanne Day born in Cork 1876 died in London 1964 aged 88 . Feminist, playwright and novelist she was the founder of the Munster Women's Franchise League.