Women's Tours at Glasnevin Cemetery Museum
Last Sunday of every month at 2:00pm (June-November) We will be hosting tours which focus on the legendary women who played a pivotal role in shaping Irish culture and history to whom Glasnevin is home to. On this tour, you will hear the stories of some of the following incredible women: Maud Gonne Mac Bride – Maud Gonne joined the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood) and founded a women’s republican movement – Inghindhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland). She organised relief during the War of Independence and assisted republican prisoners and their dependants during the Civil War. She was imprisoned in 1923 and released after going on hunger strike. In 1938, she published an account of her early life, A Servant of the Queen. She died in Dublin in 1953. Delia Larkin – Delia was the younger sister of the famed Trade Union leader, James Larkin. She played a pivotal role in the development of the Irish Women’s Workers’ Union, and during her lifetime she worked hard to earn equal pay and the right to vote for women. During the 1913...
