Violence waged against women by both sides in Irish wars

Physical and sexual violence was waged against women during the Civil War and the War of Independence — by Republicans as well as by the Black and Tans, according to a controversial paper to be presented next month.

The lecture, entitled ‘Addressing the Violence Suffered by Women during the Irish Revolution’, will be delivered by Professor Linda Connolly of Maynooth University on Sunday, August 19, at the second West Cork History Festival.

“There was physical and sexual violence waged against women in the period 1916/17 to 1923 and it was carried out by all sides involved in the conflict,” says Prof Connolly.