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