Last Sunday of every month at 2:00pm (June-November) We will be hosting tours which focus on the legendary women who played a pivotal role in shaping Irish culture and history to whom Glasnevin is home to. On this tour, you will hear the stories of some of the following incredible women: Maud Gonne Mac Bride – Maud Gonne joined the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood) and founded a women’s republican movement – Inghindhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland). She organised relief during the War of Independence and assisted republican prisoners and their dependants during the Civil War. She was imprisoned in 1923 and released after going on hunger strike. In 1938, she published an account of her early life, A Servant of the Queen. She died in Dublin in 1953. Delia Larkin – Delia was the younger sister of the famed Trade Union leader, James Larkin. She played a pivotal role in the development of the Irish Women’s Workers’ Union, and during her lifetime she worked hard to earn equal pay and the right to vote for women. During the 1913 lockout she took charge of Liberty Hall and arranged for 3,000 children to be fed every morning. After the lockout, many women were not reinstated in their jobs. Larkin turned them into a theatrical troupe and went with them on a tour around Europe. Charlotte Despard – Despard was born in Kent in 1844. In 1910, she moved to Ireland. She met Ghandi the year before and was impressed with his theory of passive resistance. Despard founded the Women’s Franchise League with Hanna Sheehy Skeffington. She also encouraged suffragettes to boycott the 1911 census. She supported the workers during the lockout of 1913. In 1914 when war broke out, she refused to become involved in the arms recruitment campaign. Ironically her brother was Chief of Staff of the British Army. During the 1920s when her brother was Lord Lieutenant, she joined Sinn Féin. She joined Hanna Sheehy Skeffington on a tour of the Soviet Union in 1930 and was inspired to become a communist after that. She died in 1939. Madeline ffrench Mullen – Madeline was born in Malta, her father was a Fleet surgeon in the Royal Navy. She came to Ireland after her father retired. She was a member of Inghinidhe na hEireann (Daughters of Ireland). She wrote for the organisation’s newspapers Bean na hEireann. She played an active part in the campaign to provide school dinners for children. ...