10. Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (1868-1940) Dun Emer Press (1902-1908) Cuala Press (1908-1946) "Five lines of text and ten pages of notes about the folk and the fish gods of Dundrum. Printed by the weird sisters in the year of the big wind.“ James Joyce Ulysses Elizabeth
16. Irish Language Revival 1889 Leabharsgeulaigheachta(‘Book of story-telling’), folk tales from Irish speakers in the west 1892 “On the necessity for de-Anglicising the Irish people” 1893 Gaelic League language revival promote Irish music, dancing, and the recitation of poetry and stories
17. Literature in Irish Native speakers Tomás Ó Criomhthain (1856–1937) An tOileánach ("The Islandman"), 1923 Peig Sayers Peig, 1936 Educated writers Donald Hyde Patrick Pearse (1879-1916)
18. Boer War Pro-Boer Irish brigades were formed under the leadership of Major John MacBride and Colonel Arthur Lynch Irish miners in Transvaal Transvaal Committee, under the leadership of Arthur Griffith and Maud Gonne
19. BoucicaultDionysius Lardner Boursiquot "the most conspicuous English dramatist of the 19th century.” NYT Born, educated Dublin Plays in London, NY The Octoroon or Life in Louisiana (1859) The Shaughran(1875) Robert Emmet(1884)
20. Playwrights Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) John Bull's Other Island (1904) Advocated Irish participation in WW I and did not believe an independent Ireland was feasible
21. John Millington Synge (1871 –1909) 1902 Riders to the Sea and The Shadow of the Glen 1907 The Playboy of the Western World Use of Anglo-Hibernian Considered slurs on Irish
22. Abbey Theatre 1899 Irish Literary Theatre. Founded by Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and William Butler Yeats with assistance from George Moore Fay brothers - Æ's Deirdreand Yeats' Cathleen NíHoulihanin St. Theresa's Hall 1903 Irish National Theatre Society Yeats, Lady Gregory, Æ, Martyn, and John Millington Synge with funding from Annie Horniman
23. Abbey Theatre 1904 Bought and refurbished a theatre in Lower Abbey Street Initially popular Declined after withdrawal of financial backing Would revive in 20’s with O’Casey
24. The Song Of The Old Mother, 1893 I RISE in the dawn, and I kneel and blow Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow; And then I must scrub and bake and sweep Till stars are beginning to blink and peep; And the young lie long and dream in their bed Of the matching of ribbons for bosom and head, And their days go over in idleness, And they sigh if the wind but lift a tress: While I must work because I am old, And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.
25. 1893 Home Rule II Gladstone’s fourth term Bicameral legislature Lord lieutenant and Irish privy council not answerable to Irish parliament Commons 347-304; Lords 41-419
26. Women and Education Convent schools – primarily French run Ladies seminaries – Dublin, Belfast - Quaker and Anglican New private schools in Belfast and Dublin Curriculum similar to that of boy’s schools 1878 Intermediate Education Bill Set up prizes for performance on examinations and open them to boys and girls
27. Women and Education 1879 University Education (Ireland) Act Set up Royal University as an examining body 1882 First woman graduate 1889 Letitia Alice Walkington, law degree 1894 Public Libraries (Ireland) Act
29. Irish Women in Medicine Dr. James Barry (~1792-1865) Born Cork (Margaret Ann Bulkley) Educated Edinburgh Served as army doctor, performing first Caesarian In Africa 1891 Emily Dickson, licentiate 1899 Kathleen Florence Lynn January 2008, Vol. 98, No. 1 SAMJ
30. Medicine, Suffrage, Nationalism Kathleen Lynn and Madeline French-Mullen Lynn was chief medical officer of the Irish Citizen Army
31. Suffrage Organizations Unionist Women’s Franchise Association, Munster Women’s Franchise League, Irish Catholic Women’s Suffrage Association, Church League for Women’s Suffrage (Anglican), and Irishwomen’s Suffrage Federation. 1908 Irish Women’s Franchise Leaguewas militant feminist but also involved in Irish nationalism and the cultural revival.
32. Women’s Organizations 1900 Inghinidhenah-Éireann(Daughters of Ireland), founded by Maud Gonne Published Bean na h-Éireann, "Women of Ireland” Part of a "bloodless guerilla war against the British Empire” Covered popular women’s topics such as children, dress, cooking and gardening. Promoted Irish products
38. 1900 Victoria’s Visit Organize treat for children Protests by roman Catholic clergy Counter treat by women’s groups L'IrlandeLibreand United Irishman “The Famine Queen”
39. Women’s Militant Organizations 1914 CumannnamBan (Irishwomen’s Council), auxiliary to Irish Volunteers Initial aims To Advance the cause of Irish liberty To organize Irishwomen in furtherance of this object To assist in the arming and equipping a body of Irishmen for the defense of Ireland. To form a fund for these purposes to be called the "Defense of Ireland Fund" 1916 Integrated into ‘Army of the Irish Republic’
40. Unionist Organizations Orange Order from ~1796 1903 Independent Orange Order, fraternal, apolitical 1891 Irish Unionist Party – Edward Carson and Harold Plunket 1905 Ulster Unionists, largely Presbyterian Southern Unionists, largely Anglican, wealthy, more moderate
