The exceptionalism of daughters of the Irish clergymen
Daughters were expected to earn their own living. Education was a priority
Healthcare in the War of Independence: St Ultan’s children’s hospital
Dublin’s infant mortality rate was abnormally high when two women opened a hospital for infants on Charlemont Street, with £100 and two cots
St John Ambulance and the Easter Rising
During the Rising, 15 ambulances were provided as were female nurses and men to staff the hospitals
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