Cumann na mBan

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Occupation Constance, Countess Markievicz
While CCM was imprisoned the Dail was declared illegal and Sinn Féin , Cumann na mBan , and other groups were proscribed. Following her release, she remained head of the Labour ministry and joined her...
politics Teresa Deevy
From the time of her return from England to Ireland, TD took an energetic part in Irish nationalist politics, to the disapproval of her family. She visited Republican prisoners in jail in Waterford, became...
politics Constance, Countess Markievicz
Still in jail for her role in this year's Easter Rising in Dublin, Constance, Countess Markievicz, was elected to the presidency of Cumann na mBan , the women's branch of the Irish Volunteers .
Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora.
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politics Constance, Countess Markievicz
Constance, Countess Markievicz, resigned as President of Cumann na mBan (the women's council of the Irish Volunteers ) in order to join Fianna Fail (Soldiers of Destiny ), a party formed by Eamon De Valera
politics Constance, Countess Markievicz
The final phase of CCM 's political career was shaped primarily by her resistance to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921, which resulted in the establishment of the Irish Free State. She was one...

Timeline

11 April 1914: The Irish Women's Franchise League, in the...

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11 April 1914

The Irish Women's Franchise League , in the Irish Citizen, criticized the recently-formed Cumann na mBan for placing nationalism before women's suffrage.

1917: Cumann na mBan sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington...

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1917

Cumann na mBan sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington to the USA to present President Wilson with a Cuman na mBan memorial.

1917: Cumann na mBan sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington...

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1917

Cumann na mBan sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington to the USA to present President Wilson with a Cuman na mBan memorial.

5 February 1922: Cumann na mBan publicly stated its opposition...

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5 February 1922

Cumann na mBan publicly stated its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 6 December 1921, becoming the first nationalist organisation to do so.

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