‘Woman’s natural sphere is in the home’: women in Ireland, from the Rising to the Republic.

Earlier this year we were delighted to host Emily Hurley, an undergraduate student from Carlow College, as part of her work placement studies. This month’s blog is a guest contribution from Emily, in which she reflects on official attitudes towards women in twentieth-century Ireland.

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Article image: Winifred Carney. Illustration by David Rooney from ‘1916 portraits and lives’, Royal Irish Academy, 2015