EPISODE · Feb 27, 2025 · 24 MIN
The ICA's long history of activism - Episode 1 of the Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast.
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The first episode of the Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast with Prof Caitríona Beaumont, Mary D'Arcy, President of the ICA, Breda Cahill, ICA Wexford Federation President and Deirdre Connery, member of Duncannon, Co. Wexford ICA guild, was recorded at An Grianan, Co. Louth. The ICA's An Grianan is Ireland’s first residential adult education college and opened in 1954. In this episode we chat about the history of the ICA and its activities over the past 100 years to learn more about the contribution of this national women's organisation to Irish history, Irish society and to the everyday lives of women in Ireland.
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The podcast series is funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the grant awarded for Agency and Advocacy: Locating Women's Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present (Project Reference AH/X008606/1, August 2023 -January 2025).
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