On March 8, 2025, Cumann Tomás Ó hAirt, Sinn Féin Poblachtach, Ard Mhacha Thuaidh, will be saluting all those women who have died and those who continue to fight in the international struggle for liberation and freedom.
“In particular we would like to pay tribute to the gallant women of Cumann na mBan. These women fought and died to end British rule in Ireland, and the establishment of a democratic socialist Republic based on the Proclamation of 1916.
“Many members of Cumann na mBan were involved in the planning and execution of the 1916 Rising, providing support through intelligence-gathering, fundraising, and providing safe houses for members of the rebellion. During the Rising they served in many capacities, fighting alongside their comrades and as couriers, carrying messages and weapons between rebel strongholds and providing medical aid to wounded fighters.
“Sinn Féin Poblachtach remembers those women of Cumann na mBan as equal participants in the Rising, and their contributions are celebrated and commemorated alongside those of their male counterparts.
“Cumann na mBan’s contribution to the revolutionary struggle was not confined to the Easter Rising 1916. The organisation played a very significant part in the War of Independence, rejected the Treaty of Surrender and played a heavy price for their activities in the Civil War.
“They have continued to the present day to be at the forefront of the struggle for Irish freedom and in particular we remember those women who paid the supreme price during the war in the Occupied Six Counties in recent years.”
Sinn Féin Poblachtach would also like to extend its solidarity to Nuala Perry and Christine O’Connor, two Irish republicans currently imprisoned by Britain’s occupying forces.
CRÍOCH/ENDS.
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