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Clodagh Finn

Clodagh Finn is a journalist, writer and collector of stories. Her recent book, The Irish in the Resistance, co-authored with John Morgan, shines a light on the forgotten contributions of the Irish who resisted Hitler during WW2.

Clodagh Finn: Why Harry Styles’ boa is not a feather in his cap

The recent description of the aftermath of a Harry Styles gig as a “feather boa massacre” brings to mind the fact that our fashion choices have a direct impact on the world we live in

Sat, 01 Jul, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Blitz diary of an Irish nurse on Thames ambulance boat

Longford woman logged her experiences of war in a diary found by her relatives after her death

Sat, 24 Jun, 2023

S Clodagh Finn: Discovering a Longford woman who was a decorated veteran of three wars

Longford woman, Aileen Henrietta Moore, couldn't sit idly by during the Spanish Civil War, First World War and Second World War. Here's what she did despite her advanced years

Sun, 18 Jun, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Don’t just ask for Angela, demand action on abuse

Why put the onus on the person being wronged to take action, rather than call out the wrong-doer? If threatening behaviour is not tolerated in social situations, it won’t be long before it changes — for the better

Sat, 10 Jun, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Ireland's first female stockbroker would decry lack of progress

When Oonah Keogh’s stockbroking centenary comes around in 2025, Clodagh Finn hopes we won’t still be having the same conversation around enabling women to work as equals

Sat, 03 Jun, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Negotiating with religious bodies is treating them with kid gloves

That those negotiations are necessary at all underlines the shameful reluctance of church leaders, religious congregations, and lay Catholic organisations to face up to the systemic abuse inflicted over several decades

Sun, 28 May, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Please stop calling Maud Gonne ‘Yeats’ muse’

It always bothers me when a woman is described only in terms of her relationship to the men in her life. Mention the name Maud Gonne, for instance, and someone is bound to add the annoying rider, “muse to poet WB Yeats”.

Sat, 27 May, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Recalling a glorious nun who was scathing of church

She was opinionated, strong-willed, polarising and self-assured. She was a businesswoman with a gift for raising money. She was a fierce advocate for social justice and regularly criticised 19th-century landlords.

Sat, 20 May, 2023

Archaeological gems rescued from erosion can enrich our knowledge of climate change

Our priceless coastal heritage is under threat from climate change but, as Clodagh Finn writes, we are not entirely at the mercy of the elements