In an earlier post to ‘Exiles in England’, that explored the support provided by Irish nationalist women in the North East of England to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the War of Independence, I wrote ‘Unfortunately, no one from any North East branch of Cumann na mBan applied in the 1930s to Dublin for […]
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In the North East of England, during the Irish War of Independence, a nun and several school teachers actively supported the Tyneside Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. This post will tell the story of these remarkable women. No women were allowed in the ranks of the Irish Volunteers, in contrast to the Irish Citizen […]
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