‘Some women had an awful life’: How the marriage bar affected women’s lives
Maura Corcoran (nee Kelleher) and her husband Noel on their wedding day June 16, 1971. Maura worked as a shorthand typist with General Accident Insurance in Cork. Pictures: Sorcha Crowley
No one ever asked you if you liked your job back in 1973.
“You had a job. What’s not to like?” says Bernie Flynn, recalling the holy grail of employment back then — a permanent, pensionable job in the civil service.
