A review of Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s A Ghost in the Throat, which explores the life of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, author of Caoineadh Art Uí Laoghaire, whose story has been overshadowed by the men in her life.
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Some scary Wild Gees stories coming up for the day that’s in it. Expect graveyards, witches, megalithic tombs and the gateway to the otherworld. Even scarier: centuries of misogyny.
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Become a Wikipedia editor and you can help ensure women’s histories will be discovered by future archaeologists
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Well 2020, you’ve been some year and not in a good way. We’re not going to recap what a shitshow it’s been. We are blessed that we haven’t lost loved ones, but people we love have. Writing a round up of the year amid such global loss
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Were the women of 1916 forgotten because a misogynistic state failed to recognise their role or because they did too good a job of making sure the men were remembered?
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Our first Wild Gees journey begins wih a fake Sheela na Gig and the women of the 1916 Rising
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A visit to Rathcroghan, a place of history and magic. And a limestone vagina.
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A prehistoric valley, and a still Atlantic beach
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Layers of prehistory at this megalithic site and home to the witch of winter
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A literary encounter with Sinead Gleeson chimes with our trip’s theme
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