Political Powerhouses: Samantha Power

The majority of posts in this series have been about politicians many people would have heard about. There are many women in politics that aren’t household names and yet have contributed much to the political world. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the...

Witchcraft Trials through the Ages: Great Britain

We recently heard the story of the Pendle Witches from Lancashire (UK) and read about how girls were subjected to “witch tests” so as to determine their crimes. It was whilst digging deeper that stories from all over Great...

Iseult of Ireland

Iseult is the titular character from the Arthurian legend Tristan and Iseult, which has its roots in celtic myth. She was an Irish princess, daughter of King Anguish and Queen Iseult the Elder. Tristan is the nephew of Mark of Cornwall, and a Cornish knight of the...

Olympic Girls: Katie Taylor

Long before the London Olympics in 2012, Katie Taylor was on track to becoming Ireland’s greatest ever boxer. If she wins gold in Rio she will go down as one of Ireland’s greatest ever athletes. Katie began boxing at the age of 11...

Political Powerhouses: Countess Markievicz

Countess Markievicz was a trailblazer in many ways; she was a politician, a suffragette and a revolutionary. She was the first woman to be elected to the British House of Commons as well as being one of the first women in the world to obtain a cabinet position...

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