Highlighted Events from April
April 2, 1914
Cumann na mBan, Irish womens republican movement founded
Cumann na mBan, (the ‘League of Women’), was an Irish republican women’s paramilitary organisation formed on 2 April 1914 as an auxilliary of the Irish Volunteers (IV). Although it was otherwise an independent organization, its executive was subordinate to that of the IV.
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April 20, 1829
Margaret Anna Cusack, Irish Revolutionary Feminist nun and scholar, born
Margaret Anna Cusack is born to an aristocratic family of English origin in Coolak, Co. Dublin; she is the founder of the first Poor Clares convent in the west of Ireland and also a talented writer who publishes on the issues of social injustice. She was raised under the precepts of the Church of England and viewed social justice through Christian concepts. In 1853 she joined the Anglican Sisterhood. She quickly became disillusioned with what she considered the petty concerns of the group. Upon leaving five years later she wrote, I do not believe in offering the gospel of talk to starving people.
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