The Waterford playwright’s work is enjoying a remarkable revival through theatre, scholarship and a return to Ireland’s school curriculum

A new children’s book and the work of historian Mícheál Ó Doibhilín are helping restore Anne Devlin’s place in Irish history

An obituary this week about Frank McDonald reminds Clodagh Finn of another environmental campaigner, Deirdre Kelly, who believed passionately that urban design should serve people and communities firs...

A newly acquired William Orpen portrait captures the humour and spirit of an artist whose life was shaped by Ireland’s turbulent history

A new book opens the most surprising — and utterly delightful — window on the rich social and cultural life of Irish women in the early part of the 20th-century... to the utter disgust of many (male) ...

New research reveals how Irish women embraced jazz, fashion and dance despite bishops’ warnings about the supposed dangers of modernity

New research reveals how Irish women embraced jazz, fashion and dance despite bishops’ warnings about the supposed dangers of modernity

Roshana Dadgar set up a secret school in Afghanistan to educate young girls. She was later forced to flee to Pakistan and now lives under the threat of deportation, writes Clodagh Finn

New research uncovers the poverty, neglect and quiet desperation faced by Cork women who fought during Ireland’s revolutionary period

Clodagh Finn looks at Kerry’s revolutionary women whose spirit has been reawakened and honoured in a majestic bronze sculpture that stands 2.5m tall in the centre of Tralee Town Park

Clodagh Finn looks at Kerry’s revolutionary women whose spirit has been reawakened and honoured in a majestic bronze sculpture that stands 2.5m tall in the centre of Tralee Town Park

The memory of the last time the Sam Maguire went west, 75 years ago, is etched in local consciousness, yet a remarkable international win by a Ballina cyclist just a few years later remains little-kno...

The memory of the last time the Sam Maguire went west, 75 years ago, is etched in local consciousness, yet a remarkable international win by a Ballina cyclist just a few years later remains little-kno...

Clodagh Finn explores how newly published diaries reveal the personal sacrifices behind pioneering geological research in 19th-century Ireland

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Between 1848 and 1850, thousands of young Irish girls were sent to struggling colonies in Australia

Between 1848 and 1850, thousands of young Irish girls were sent to struggling colonies in Australia

Alfonsina Strada is still the only woman to have taken part in the Giro d’Italia although, happily, a new generation of female professional cyclists are breaking through the many obstacles to shine na...