Alfonsina Strada is still the only woman to have taken part in the Giro d’Italia although, happily, a new generation of female professional cyclists are breaking through the many obstacles to shine nationally and internationally

The memory of Mary Mulvihill's pioneering work and legacy still burns bright

For decades, the account of Julia ‘Juie’ O’Riordan’s wartime bravery existed only as a family story

Celine Slattery, who died last month aged 96, used to joke she would be only remembered for her bawdy rendition of Patricia the Stripper. For the people of Tralee, she will be remembered for much more than that

Mary Delany was on a creative journey of imagining throughout her 70s and early 80s, two decades that are almost excised from view

Archive dive reveals how adverts, hardship, culture and community defined daily life in newly independent Ireland

How do you rectify the myriad wrongs and decades-long sin of omission that have been perpetrated against women of the revolutionary period from early 1900s to the Civil War and far beyond?

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us."

Anne Wandesforde, 18th-century countess and mine-owner, is credited with transforming Castlecomer in Co Kilkenny and doing much to contribute to the lives of the people who lived there

An Irishwoman’s Diary is dedicating this week’s column to ‘M’, who is offering unflinching testimony of the reality of war at a human level, starting today with some extracts, which show the fear, stress, and anxiety being experienced by one woman, on the situation and life near Tehran.