Archive - The Women of Ireland Project

The Women of Ireland Project Compendium

Three(ish) years of Women of Ireland Project research and writing organised, and in one place

Mar 2 •

February 2025

Revisiting Brigid and the "Irish Mind" of both/and, not either/or

Exploring dualistic thinking and how the renewal of Brigid in Ireland might just be the antidote

Feb 1 •

January 2025

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

On patterns of behaviour in a post-colonial state

Jan 8 •

December 2024

Release Day: Threatening Women

The backstory and an excerpt from my new book Threatening Women: A Cultural History of Why Ireland Shamed and Contained Women

Dec 12, 2024 •

On yearning for the 'missing limb' that is Ireland

Dec 1, 2024 •

November 2024

Epigenetics and the generational effects of the Great Hunger

Exploring the research on epigenetics and how it may explain the inter-generational impact of the Great Famine

Nov 17, 2024 •

'A lady does not accept payment for her work'

Personal reflections on 19th and early 20th century shifts in the ideology of women's (paid) labour

Nov 3, 2024 •

October 2024

A scrapbook of enchantment

Writing can be pure drudgery.

Oct 20, 2024 •

Apples and community

Thoughts on community in the absence of a 'common form of life' and when all the women are worn out keeping it going

Oct 6, 2024 •

September 2024

That phrase, “Know your why” irks me.

Sep 22, 2024 •

All the things I never knew

How my view on womanhood has altered while researching The Women of Ireland Project

Sep 8, 2024 •

August 2024

Some happenings

Events, reading groups and illness

Aug 11, 2024 •

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