On March 8, 2024, Comhairle Cúige Uladh, Sinn Féin Poblachtach will be saluting all the women of Cumann na mBan who fought and died to end British rule in Ireland, and the establishment of a Socialist Republic based on the Proclamation of 1916.

Many women of Cumann na mBan were involved in the planning and execution of the Rising, providing support through intelligence gathering, fundraising, and providing safe houses for members of the rebellion. Women also served as couriers, carrying messages and weapons between rebel strongholds and providing medical aid to wounded fighters.

Sinn Féin Poblachtach remembers those women as equal participants in the Rising, and their contributions are celebrated and commemorated alongside those of their male counterparts.

Cumann na mBan’s contribution to the revolutionary struggle was not confined to the Easter Rising 1916. The organisation played a very significant part in the War of Independence, rejected the Treaty of Surrender and played a heavy price for their activities in the Civil War. They have continued to the present day to be to the fore in the struggle for Irish freedom and in particular we remember those women who paid the supreme price during the war in the Occupied Six Counties in recent years.

Sinn Féin Poblachtach continue to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and to raise awareness of the ongoing struggle for gender equality.

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