Mná 100 - Decade of Centenaries

Mná 100 Episode Six; Ireland - Among the Nations

This podcast examines events of 100 years ago with Ireland’s membership of the League of Nations and also looks at the impact of the International Labour Organisation from 1923 onwards. It includes contributions from Professor Mary Daly, Francis Devine, Phillip Emmet and Thomas Emmet. This is the sixth and final episode in the podcast series. Scripted and presented by Dr Sinéad McCoole. Previous podcasts can be accessed via www.mna100.ie [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mna100.ie__;!!F0Stn7g!Fj4vATJidVouAKxlaFO5jyUzTgHH-V_YwHmQ_tPJLQU3tUJY4QuUi7DtKlmqO1EUT_gvGGTwmMxVdye0MSHCJn6r49fgig$] or wherever you get your podcasts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mná 100 Episode Five; Captivity – Civil War

In this episode, Dr Sinéad McCoole discusses the legacy of women imprisoned during the Irish Civil War, exploring their lives during imprisonment and what happened to them after they were released. Featuring the first-hand account of prisoner Tessie O’Connell who was imprisoned when she was 21, Manchán Magan Sighle Humphries grandson, and a commission recording of the Foggy Dew by Ailbhe Reddy. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mná 100 Episode Four; Seeking Peace

This podcast examines events of 100 years ago and women’s participation in seeking peace - from chairing the Peace Committee meetings in May to delegations organised in June and July 1922 as hostilities in the Civil War escalated. It explores the historic background to those delegations, profiling some of the participants. Maud Gonne MacBride organised delegations. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Charlotte Despard and Rosamond Jacob of the Irishwomen’s International League participated. It also explores the League’s links to the wider peace movement of that time, such as the role of Jane Addams and the organisation of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.   By looking at these historic events through a wider lens, Mná 100 also reflects on some of the achievements and personal experiences of the podcast participants. The podcast features three women; the first female President of Ireland and Chair of The Elders, Mary Robinson; Áine Hearns, Director of the Conflict Resolution Unit at the Department of Foreign Affairs; and Maria Butler, Deputy Secretary General of the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom, who in May 2022 has just been appointed as Executive Director of the Nobel Women’s Initiative. The Maud Gonne McBride audio is used with kind permission from the Military Archives. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mná100 Episode Three; Centenary Songs

Mná100’s third podcast episode, ‘Centenary Songs’, is in partnership with the National Concert Hall. This Episode commemorates the centenary of the ‘Treaty Debates’, which took place at Earlsfort Terrace, which is now the National Concert Hall. Some of Ireland’s leading song-writers have been commissioned to create songs of a selection of men and women who took part in the Treaty Debates. The Mná100 podcast will feature discussions with Karan Casey, John Spillane, Maija Sofia and Gemma Dunleavy exploring their craft and looking at the women who participated in these historic events and how they are commemorating them in their songs. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mná100 Episode Two; Touchstone

This episode explores a lesser known aspect of the life of Constance de Markievicz, as an artist, actress, playwright, poet, and lyrist. Her artistic talents are the backdrop to a conversation with 3 of Ireland’s contemporary female artists, whose practice exemplifies those disciplines today. They reflect on Markievicz as a ‘Touchstone’ between our past and present All three Artists are recipient winners of the Markievicz Bursary Award, in conjunction with the Arts Council; from 2019 Poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin, author of Bloodroot and part of the (S)worn State(s) collaborative poetry project, from 2020, Writer Joanna Walsh whose work is informed by other art forms as demonstrated in her digital novella Seed and from 2021, Actress, Director and Writer Barbara Bergin, whose acting credits include The Van, Intermission, Love is a Drug (which she also co-wrote) and On the Couch (which she also created, directed and co-wrote). Mná100 is a new online women’s initiative, for the final phase of the Decade of Centenaries Programme and continues the work in highlighting the role of women in the revolutionary period. Visit www.mna100.ie to learn more. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.