Enjoy this Virtual Tour of the Pop Up Women’s Museum.

Enjoy this Virtual Tour of the Pop Up Women's Museum.
Listen to the story of 100 Years of Women in Irish Politics and Public Life

Introduction to the Virtual Tour of the Pop-Up Museum, 'Women in Politics and Public Life, from 1918 to 2018'

We hope that you enjoy this narrated virtual tour of 'Women in Politics and Public Life, from 1918 to 2018' – an innovative Pop-Up Museum, curated by Dr Sinéad McCoole, which explores 100 years of women's participation in Irish politics and public service.

An initiative of the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023, the pop-up museum illuminates and celebrates the stories of over 300 very familiar and less well-known pioneering women, who have contributed significantly to Irish political life and public service since 1918.

The exhibition and this companion virtual tour encourage people of all ages to reflect upon the journey that this country has taken over the past 100 years, as one of the oldest surviving parliamentary democracies in Europe. They make a complex and previously neglected narrative in our shared history, accessible, engaging, meaningful, and relevant to people of all ages. Every one of these women contributed to our national story in so many ways, sometimes with little acknowledgment or appreciation within their lifetimes.

To tell this story, the Commemorations Unit of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was generously given unprecedented access to the personal and previously unseen archives of serving, former, and deceased elected representatives, public servants and activists. We are very grateful to these women and their families.

We would also like to acknowledge the support of the various museums, libraries, national and international archival depositories mentioned in the credits.

Winner of the 2019 Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Award in the category Excellence in Culture, Values and Diversity, the Pop-Up Museum has nurtured, supported, and informed national conversations about equality, mutual respect, and the importance of women's participation in public service and political life. Women in Ireland continue to make huge contributions to public service within their communities and in public office, participating in and influencing decision-making processes at the highest levels.

This narrated virtual tour tells only part of the story. To find out more, you can visit the pop-up museum in The Coach House of Dublin Castle shortly.

GAEILGE

Blaiseadh den Turas Fíorúil ar an Tob-Mhúsaem,'Mná sa Pholaitíocht agus sa Saol Poiblí 1918 go 2018'

Tá súil againn go mbainfidh tú sult as an turas fíorúil le hinsint seo, 'Mná sa Pholaitíocht agus sa Saol Poiblí 1918 go 2018' – tob-mhúsaem nuálach ar a bhfuil an Dochtúir Sinéad McCoole i mbun coimeádaíochta air, a dhíríonn ar rannpháirtíocht na mban sa pholaitíocht agus sa tseirbhís phoiblí.

Tionscnamh de chuid Dheich mBliana an Chuimhneacháin 2012-2023, tugann an tob-mhúsaem léargas ar scéalta bhreis is 300 bean cheannródaíoch, mná a bhfuil eolas mór orthu chomh maith le mná nach bhfuil an oiread sin eolais orthu, a chur go mór le saol polaitíochta agus le seirbhís phoiblí na hÉireann ó 1918, chomh maith leis na mná sin a cheiliúradh.

Spreagann an taispeántas, agus an turas fíorúil a théann leis, daoine idir óg agus aosta féachaint siar ar aistear na tíre seo le 100 bliain anuas, agus í ar cheann de dhaonlathais pharlaiminteacha dheireanacha na hEorpa. Cuireann siad scéal ár staire coitinne, atá casta agus nár tugadh mórán aird uirthi roimhe seo, faoi bhráid an phobail ar bhealach atá insroichte, tarraingteach, fiúntach agus ar bhealach atá ábhartha do dhaoine idir óg agus sean. Chuir gach uile bean díobh le scéal náisiúnta na tíre in iomaí bealach, agus go minic ní bhfuaireadar mórán aitheantais ná buíochais lena linn féin.

Tugadh cead d'Aonad na gCuimhneachán, An Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, fáil a bheith acu ar chartlann phearsanta agus ar chartlann nach bhfacthas roimhe seo na n-ionadaithe tofa, na bhfostaithe sa tseirbhís phoiblí agus na ngníomhaithe atá ar fónamh, a bhí ar fónamh agus atá imithe ar shlí na fírinne, rud nár tharla riamh cheana. Táimid fíorbhuíoch do na mná seo agus a dteaghlaigh.

Is mian linn freisin aitheantas a thabhairt don tacaíocht a fuaireamar ó na hiarsmalanna, na leabharlanna, na taisclanna cartlainne náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta atá luaite sna teidil chreidiúna.

Thug an Tob-Mhúsaem leis Gradam Barr Feabhais agus Nuálaíochta na Státseirbhíse sa chatagóir maidir le Barr Feabhais i gCultúr, Luachanna agus Éagsúlacht in 2019, tá comhráite náisiúnta faoi chomhionannas, faoi mheas a bheith againn ar a chéile agus faoin tábhacht a bhaineann le rannpháirtíocht na mban sa pholaitíocht agus sa tseirbhís phoiblí, á gcothú ag an Tob-Mhúsaem chomh maith le tacaíocht agus eolas a chur ar fáil do na comhráite sin. Leanann mná na hÉireann orthu de bheith ag cur go mór leis an tseirbhís phoiblí ina bpobail féin agus san oifig phoiblí, iad rannpháirteach i bpróisis chinnteoireachta ag an leibhéal is airde chomh maith le tionchar a bheith acu i ndáil leis na próisis sin.

Ní thugtar ach cuid den scéal sa turas fíorúil le hinsint seo. Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil, is féidir leat cuairt a thabhairt ar an tob-mhúsaem i dTeach an Chóiste i gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath gan mhoill.

CREDITS AND THANKS

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Enjoy this Virtual Tour of the Pop Up Women's Museum. Listen to the story of 100 Years of Women in Irish Politics and Public Life

Enjoy this Virtual Tour of the Pop Up Women's Museum.
Listen to the story of 100 Years of Women in Irish Politics and Public Life