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# herstory

Last year
2022
# herstory
Elizabeth, Julia, Rosie: Rewriting the women erased from Irish history
The Good Information Project finds we have to look back in order to move forward in gender equality.
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Feb 6th 2022, 5:26 PM
# st brigid's day
Landmarks illuminated across the country to mark St Brigid’s Day 2022
The event kicked off this evening, when people gathered to mark the launch at Trinity College.
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Jan 31st 2022, 10:41 PM
All time
# herstory
'Why haven't I known about her up to now?': RTÉ broadcasts landmark series celebrating women in Irish history
It involves a six-part series as well as a podcast series.
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Feb 3rd 2020, 6:00 PM
# herstory
Buildings to be lit up to celebrate iconic women throughout history
Herstory Light Festival is an annual light festival which celebrates women and girls on Nollaig na mBan.
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Jan 5th 2019, 10:00 AM
# women's christmas
Today is Nollaig na mBan, so what's it all about?
Events are taking place to celebrate the contribution of women to society.
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Jan 6th 2018, 6:30 AM
Voices
Column: 'Irish women were writing too, yet we don’t hear half enough about them'
If Irish women hadn’t been so feisty and fascinating the poor men would have had little to write about, writes Eleanor Fitzsimons.
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May 21st 2017, 3:30 PM
# iconic figures
'We need to tell more than just half the story': Cities to be lit up with images of forgotten Irish women
“In the dark month of January, we chose the theme of light,” the festival’s founder said.
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Jan 5th 2017, 4:59 PM