• Skip to content
 
  • Log in
Galway: Decade of Commemoration
Galway: Decade of Commemoration
Exploring the legacy of our shared heritage
  • Gaeilge
  • English
  • Home
  • About
  • People
  • Places
  • Topics
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Get involved
  • Find out more
You are here: Home>Topics>Cumann na mBan

Cumann na mBan

The Cumann na mBan was one of the most significant republican organisations of the 20th centuary. Founded in Wynn’s Hotel in Dublin, Cumann na mBan’s primary aims reflected the fact that both nationalism and feminism were on the rise in Ireland at the turn of the centuary…. Its first objective was to advance the cause of Irish Liberty, while its second was to organise Irishwomen in the furtherance of this object….

Dr Bernard Kelly

  • Cissie Davoren, nee Lally

    Cissie Davoren, nee Lally

  • The Role of Women in 1916 Conference

    The Role of Women in 1916 Conference

    Ballinasloe Library
  • Cumann na mBan: County Galway Dimensions

    Cumann na mBan: County Galway Dimensions

  • Mai O’Dea and the Fahy family, Caherduff, Ardrahan

    Mai O’Dea and the Fahy family, Caherduff, Ardrahan

  • The soldiers of Cumann na mBan - Brian O’Higgins

    The soldiers of Cumann na mBan - Brian O’Higgins

    This song has been arranged and recorded by Joseph Forde.
  • Eva O’Flaherty 1874- 1963

    Eva O’Flaherty 1874- 1963

  • Kathleen Mitchell, née Flynn

    Kathleen Mitchell, née Flynn

Topics
  • 'A nation of Atheists'
  • ‘They cannot expect to gain anything...’
  • From Colonial State to Free State (Tuam Library)
  • Galway 1916 Participants list
  • Galway and the Somme
  • Galway County Council - 1916 commemorations - 1st January 2016
  • Galway County Council 2016 Programme
  • Gort’s First Citizens Launch
  • Graphic Story of Clifden Fight
  • Joseph Quinn
  • St. Patrick’s Brass and Reed Band, Galway (1916)
  • Ten Minutes in Kilmainham Jail
  • The Egg-Shed Ambush, Milltown
  • The Fenians, Colonel Kelly and the Manchester Martyrs
  • Understanding 1916 - Film
  • Participation in World Wars
  • Digital Resources Available from the Library at Trinity College Dublin
  • Have you a relative who participated in the Easter 1916 Rising
  • Galway County 1916 Rising Heritage Trail .PDF
  • Galway County Council Gaillimh 2016 - Cuimhneamh
  • A Map of County Galway’s 1916 Rising
  • The Connaught Rangers
  • Wreath Laying Ceremony, 1916-2016
  • Inaugral Meeting Irish Volunteers Tuam
  • Tuam Volunteers under Pressure
  • Galway County 1916 Rising Heritage Trail — Information Points
  • Galway County’s Big Houses and the Revolutionary Period, 1916-1923 — Digital Heritage Project
  • Galway County During the Irish War of Independence, 1919–1921 — Digital Heritage Project
  • Galway County’s Easter Rising, 1916 — Digital Heritage Project
  • Galway County During the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 — Digital Heritage Project
  • Remembering Galway, 1916
  • Athenry, The Twelve Apostles
  • Cumann na mBan
  • Memory Map Contributions
Keyword search

These are the most common keywords on the site

  • Mellows (8)
  • 1916 (84)
  • Germans (1)
  • Galway (6)
  • Eamonn Ceannt (4)
  • Ceannt (2)
  • Gaelic League (2)
  • Breathnach (1)
  • O'Dwyer (1)
  • Belclare (1)

View all keywords

Browse by date:
  • 1880s (1 result)
  • 1890s (2 results)
  • 1900s (3 results)
  • 1910s (115 results)
  • 1920s (38 results)
  • 1960s (1 result)
This website is created by Galway County Council Heritage Office in partnership with the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life
Website by CommunitySites
Galway County Council (opens in new window) Irish Community Archive Network (opens in new window) National Museum of Ireland - Country Life (opens in new window) Galway County Heritage Forum (opens in new window)