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Jacky Ardagh, Mary Holland, Ann-Marie Hourihane, Evelyn Conlon, an unidentified activist, and Inez McCormack walk side-by-side in Anti-Amendment march on 13 November 13, 1982.  Picture: Derek Speirs

Jacky Ardagh, Mary Holland, Ann-Marie Hourihane, Evelyn Conlon, an unidentified activist, and Inez McCormack walk side-by-side in Anti-Amendment march on 13 November 13, 1982.  Picture: Derek Speirs

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Evelyn Conlon and Rebecca Phelan

  • After the Train: Irishwomen United and a Network of Change 
  • Edited by Evelyn Conlon and Rebecca Pelan
  • UCD Press, €30.00

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