Helena Molony

Easter Rising – Day 2: A baptism of unremitting fire

On the second day of the Easter Rising, soldiers poured into Dublin, and martial law was declared

Beyond the Abbey: the trouble for women in theatre

The National Theatre’s maddeningly male 1916 centenary season highlights the difficulties that face women who work in Irish theatre

How the stage was set for armed revolution in Ireland

In a second, edited extract from his book Vivid Faces, historian Roy Foster considers the role of theatre in shaping the minds of the revolutionary generation

A good year to remember Rosie Hackett, a fighter for workers’ and women’s rights

Opinion: A doughty fighter who helped reorganise a union that represented 70,000 women

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