Sarah Curran is remembered as the tragic figure whose fiancé Robert Emmet was executed, but she was also an important member of a completely overlooked network of literary women in Cork, writes Clodagh Finn

Maureen Patricia O’Sullivan was one of the most effective secret agents in France during World War II

Mary Staunton's experience was shared by so many other women who felt shut out of public life during the five decades the marriage bar was in force

In the real world, older people lead full and enriching lives but that hasn’t quite translated into fiction yet

The handbag of Maria Steen, who didn't manage to get enough nominations to run for the presidency, reminds Clodagh Finn of the controversial term 'handbagging' that had been used to insult other women in politics

Phyllis Ryan qualified as the only woman with a master’s degree in science from UCD in 1917. She was just the fifth female science graduate since the National University of Ireland was founded in 1908

O’Brien Press has finally published a non-fiction version of he lives of 10 women overshadowed by their famous husbands

Strange as it may sound, there is something very uplifting about coming together to celebrate a life well lived

The indefatigable Grizelda Steevens managed to get Ireland’s first public hospital up and running in 1733

If a visiting monkey has a place in the streetscape, Mary Jane Irwin, as she was when she lived in Clonakilty, certainly deserves ones too