This podcast explores the split of Cumann na mBan, formation of Cumann na Saoirse and activities of both organisations during and after the Civil War. Newly politically active women mobilised during this period, empowered following their role in the 1916 rising and resolution of their successful suffrage campaign in 1917. Listen to find out more about the representations, self-perception and conviction of the women on both sides of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Agreement.

Music credits: Sláinte, Attribution - ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-SA 3.0 US), 'She Moved Through the Fair.' https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Slinte/Cup_of_Tea/slainte_-10-_she_moved_through_the_fair

Cumann na mBan: the 1922 split and Civil War activities

Joyce Delaney