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Mairéad Farrell: A Fanatic Heart

On March 6, 1988, in the shadow of the rock of Gibraltar, British Special Air…

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Nora Joyce: The Girl from Galway

Nora Barnacle was 20 when she arrived in Dublin and met James Joyce in 1904….

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Lola Ridge, Poet and Anarchist

“How can you help writing about something you feel intensely?” Ireland may have more poets…

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Wild Irish Women: The Reporter Who Wouldn’t Go Away
History ArchivesJune July 2017 IssueWild Irish Women

Wild Irish Women: The Reporter Who Wouldn’t Go Away

By Rosemary Rogers, Contributor
June / July 2017
May 24, 20179 min read
Dorothy is Back! Dorothy Kilgallen was a TV and radio star, a columnist who wrote about theater and film, the rich and famous, but more than anything, she was a crime […]
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Wild Irish Women: Mother Jones
April May 2017 IssueTop StoriesWild Irish Women

Wild Irish Women: Mother Jones

By Rosemary Rogers, Contributor
April / May 2017
Mar 12, 201710 min read
Irish-born American labor leader Mother Jones was once known as the “most dangerous woman in America.” The editors of the socially-conscious magazine Mother Jones, explaining the woman Mother Jones to their […]
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Elizabeth O’Farrell – A Fearless Woman
February March 2017 IssueHistory ArchivesWild Irish Women

Elizabeth O’Farrell – A Fearless Woman

By Rosemary Rogers, Contributor
Feb 1, 201710 min read
An Irish nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell performed nursing and courier duties, delivering dispatches and ammunition to rebels over the days of the Easter Rising. She […]
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“Sure Shot Mary”
December January 2017 IssueHistory ArchivesWild Irish Women

“Sure Shot Mary”

By Rosemary Rogers
December / January 2017
Dec 2, 20168 min read
New York City police officer and detective Mary Agnes Shanley (1896-1989) was the first policewoman to use a gun in an arrest. She made over 1,000 collars in her career […]
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Wild Irish Women: Dancer in a Rough Field
October November 2016 IssueTop StoriesWild Irish Women

Wild Irish Women: Dancer in a Rough Field

By Rosemary Rogers, Contributor
October / November 2016
Oct 1, 201610 min read
The extraordinary life of Kathleen Kearney Behan, 1889 – 1984. History has cast Kathleen Behan in supporting roles, reducing her to the “sister of” or “mother of” someone important. But […]
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Margaret Higgins Sanger Founder of Planned Parenthood
August September 2015 IssueHistory ArchivesWild Irish Women

Margaret Higgins Sanger Founder of Planned Parenthood

By Rosemary Rogers, Contributor
August / September 2015
Jul 24, 20158 min read
Continuing her series on Wild Irish Women, Rosemary Rogers profiles Margaret Sanger, who devoted her life to legalizing birth control, and with the help of her sister Ethel, opened the […]
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