This book presents Irish women - known and unknown, real and invented - as their compatriots have described and interpreted them. They range from figures in his

We Are But Women sets the history of Irish women in the context of the broad sweep of Irish history, dealing even-handedly with the diverse traditions of unioni

Writers, killers, nuns, patriots, artists, healers, pirates, politicians, entertainers, saints, courtesans, leaders, revolutionaries, lovers, warriors, witches,

Poetry by Eil an N Chuilleanain, Eavan Boland, Eva Bourke, Medbh McGuckian, Kerry Hardie, Nuala N Dhomhnaill, Mary O'Malley, Rita Ann Higgins, Paula Meehan, Moy

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