Tour at a glance
Group Size: 20 adults
Location: Soldiers & Chiefs, Irish Wars 1919 to 1923
Duration: 45 minutes
Available: Tuesday - Friday, 10:30, 11:30, 13:30 and 14:30.
Booking: Please contact bookings@museum.ie to book this session.
This tour explores the roles of women in Ireland's military history, with a particular focus on the revolutionary period of 1913 - 1923. Participants will be introduced to some of the women involved in conflicts in Ireland, including the 1803 rebellion, 1916 Rebellion, the War of Independence and Irish Civil War, and will explore how these events affected both those who fought and also the civilians who lived through them. This tour will introduce leading female revolutionaries, including Countess Markievicz, Elizabeth O'Farrell and Ann Devlin. Participants will see artefacts that tell the stories of these women, from weapons hidden in books to a Cumann na mBan uniform.
Participant feedback
The tour was so well planned. Our guide was very informative and had a great knowledge of the subject. This tour was so engaging, all the students loved it. You could see the guide was very passionate about history.