Why is Mary O’Connell so little celebrated when she played such a key role in Irish history?

Oh, for a dress with pockets.

Hospitality is best experienced in person, of course, but reading Jennie Moran’s book is a close-run second.

THE anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which fell on Sunday, is a date that continues to resonate for many reasons, not least because of the deep hubris in claiming the state-of-the-art ship was “practically unsinkable”.

IT FELT as if Cynthia Longfield, aka Madam Dragonfly, was present to mark the centenary of the St George expedition, the voyage that transformed this enthusiastic amateur, of Cork and London, into a professional scientist and explorer.

Farm servant Mary Gorman's life took an unimaginable course after giving testimony in the trial of Roger Casement, ending up in New York, where she disappeared from the historical record. What became of her? The search continues

At this time of year, I often think of Mary Gorman, a 17-year-old farm servant from Ardfert, Co Kerry, whose life was upended by what she saw in the early hours of Good Friday morning in 1916.

Fiona Kennedy celebrates strong and independent women in her new work 'Natural Women', inspired by tales of the Irish 'pirate queen' Anne Bonny and even Fiona's mother, Aileen, writes Clodagh Finn

Mary Elmes might be remembered as the woman who saved Jewish people from Nazi extermination camps, but in her lifetime she was much better known as Miss Mary of the camps and tent villages.

It’s an interesting day, poised as we are between International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day tomorrow. One of yesterday’s many triumphs was the unveiling of not one, but two statues of women at Belfast City Hall.