Clodagh Finn: Walking women back into the fabric of our cities

Feminist walks in Cork are reclaiming the hidden stories of Irish women, challenging inequality, and reshaping how we see history

The map of the Feminist Walk of Cork. The walk makes you look at the world through a new lens. Illustration: Maia Thomas

Sat, 15 Mar, 2025 - 01:00

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.

International news network CNN was pointed in its coverage of the ceremony to rename the main library at Trinity College Dublin after poet Eavan Boland. “Ireland’s oldest university names its first building after a woman. It only took 433 years,” ran the headline above a very good piece by Kathy Rose O’Brien.

It quoted former president Mary Robinson, who said Eavan Boland’s poetry “helped write women back into history”.