Waterford Women’s History Blog

See Ann Fitzgerald’s talk on Dr Mary Strangman

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

Breda Murphy presents the cockle women

Eleanor Murphy talks about the Daly family Waterford

Dr Maeve O’Grady on Dr Noel Browne

Annie Brophy Waterford’s first woman Photographer presented by Breda Murphy

Ann Fitzgerald talks about inspirational Waterford Woman Rosamond Jacob

For a more in-depth talk on Waterford Playwright Teresa Deevy, see below link to presentation from Kate McCarthy and Una Kealy WIT Theater Studies

Una Kealy talks about Waterford Playwright Teresa Deevy at our International Women’s Day event 2021

https://vimeo.com/520029622/02b49a5a3e

Anna Manahan, one of Waterford’s best known and loved actors by Eleanor Murphy – Women’s Centre history researcher

Forgotten story of Waterford convict women and girls exhibition launched on the 13th April 2021 Waterford Women’s Centre Women’s History Festival. Research by Ann Fitzgerald, Eleanor Murphy and Laura Scanlon. Graphics by Claire O’Donovan Designs

Panel 1 provides an international perspective and connects to the Roses from the Heart Project

Panel 2: Women’s Centre Bonnet Project over the past 5 years. Supported by the WWETB and facilitated by Liz Heffernan

Panels 3 and 4: Place the stories of the women and girls into the broader context of Ireland at that time