‘Before Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson, there was Lady Mary Heath, the original heroine of the skies. Born Sophie Peirce-Evans in Limerick in 1896, she went on to become the first person, woman or man, to fly solo across Africa from South Africa to London, an epic journey she undertook in an openair cockpit…’

Read more about Lady Mary Heath, written by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

‘Oonah Keogh (2 May 1903 -18 July 1989), was an Irish woman who became the first woman stockbroker in the world when she joined the Dublin Stock Exchange in 1925…’

Read more about Oonah Keogh here.

Kay McNulty, born in Donegal, was one of the six original programmers of the ENIAC - one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers.

Read more about Kay, written by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

Dame Ninette de Valois was a dancer, choreographer, teacher and founder of the royal ballet.

Read about Ninette, by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones), union activist and champion of the working class is still quite well known in America, but not so much here where she was born.

Read about her here. (Research by Dr. Angela Byrne)

‘Twenty-year old Nigerian-Irish woman, Shekemi Denuga, has always enjoyed ‘a really good challenge.’ She is now a student of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

Read more about her here.

As a young child Aoibheann Bird was fascinated with how the world worked, and particularly, the inner workings of her home dishwasher! She is now a Scuba diver instructor and examiner, Scout leader, Education and Public Engagement Manager and she has a PhD in Medical Biosensor.

Read her amazing story here.

Kathleen Lonsdale - X-Ray Crystallographer and Pacifist.

Read more about Kathleen, researched by Dr Angela Byrne, here.

Mary Ward - Naturalist, Astronomer, Microscopist, Author and Artist.

Read more about her here.

Sheila Tinney, Irish Mathematical Physicist from Galway.

Saoirse Exton - student climate activist and co-founder of the FridaysForFuture Limerick group.

Read more about her and her work here.

Mary Harris Jones (Mother Jones), union activist and champion of the working class is still quite well known in America, but not so much here where she was born.

Read about her here. (Research by Dr. Angela Byrne)

Dr. Isabel Mitchell - Presbyterian Missionary.

Read more about her, researched by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

Kay McNulty, born in Donegal, was one of the six original programmers of the ENIAC - one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers.

Read more about Kay, written by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

Eileen Grey - Irish architect and furniture designer.

Fanny Durack - Olympic Swimmer and world-record holder.

Read more about her, researched by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

Eliza Lynch - the ‘uncrowned Irish Queen of Paraguay.’

Eva Gore Booth, Suffragist, trade unionist, poet, and mystic.

Read more about her, researched by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

Cynthia Longfield - Entomologist and world traveller.

Read more about her, researched by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

Annie Bessant, socialist, theosophist and women's rights activist.

Carmel Snow, editor-in-chief of the American edition of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958.

Dame Ninette de Valois was a dancer, choreographer, teacher and founder of the royal ballet.

Read about Ninette, by Dr. Angela Byrne, here.

‘“Poetry, this trinity of sound, sense and sensibility gives voice to experience in the way that no other form can.” Josephine Hart, born and raised in Mullingar, Ireland was an extraordinary and gifted woman; poetry aficionado, captivating wordsmith and artistic Director– and that’s just grazing the surface of her remarkable life. ..’

Read more about her here.

(Research by Eleanor Carter)

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Artists were commissioned to illustrate the runners-up. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Artists were commissioned to illustrate the runners-up. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Artists were commissioned to illustrate the runners-up. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Artists were commissioned to illustrate the runners-up. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Artists were commissioned to illustrate the runners-up. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Find out more here.

As part of the Herstory 20/20 Project, RTÉjr commissioned 6 brand-new Irish animations about 6 more great Irish women.

Entitled Who’s Your Heroine?, RTÉjr invited children and young people from ages 7 – 17 to nominate the women who inspire them and whom they think should be the subjects of these 6 RTÉ animations. Artists were commissioned to illustrate the runners-up. Find out more here.

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Movement presents a series of parallel life stories of emigrants and immigrants connected by common narrative themes. The project highlights our shared humanity and the interconnectedness of people beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, whilst spotlighting the discriminations and double standards faced by immigrants and emigrants. Find out more here.

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Movement presents a series of parallel life stories of emigrants and immigrants connected by common narrative themes. The project highlights our shared humanity and the interconnectedness of people beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, whilst spotlighting the discriminations and double standards faced by immigrants and emigrants. Find out more here.

Read about them

Movement presents a series of parallel life stories of emigrants and immigrants connected by common narrative themes. The project highlights our shared humanity and the interconnectedness of people beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, whilst spotlighting the discriminations and double standards faced by immigrants and emigrants. Find out more here.

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Movement presents a series of parallel life stories of emigrants and immigrants connected by common narrative themes. The project highlights our shared humanity and the interconnectedness of people beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, whilst spotlighting the discriminations and double standards faced by immigrants and emigrants. Find out more here.

Read about her

Movement presents a series of parallel life stories of emigrants and immigrants connected by common narrative themes. The project highlights our shared humanity and the interconnectedness of people beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, whilst spotlighting the discriminations and double standards faced by immigrants and emigrants. Find out more here.

Read about them

Movement presents a series of parallel life stories of emigrants and immigrants connected by common narrative themes. The project highlights our shared humanity and the interconnectedness of people beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion, whilst spotlighting the discriminations and double standards faced by immigrants and emigrants. Find out more here.

Since November 2020, Herstory has collaborated with the Jerusalem Centre for Women to co-create Movement and the Parallel Peace Project. In a time of heightened conflict, in areas besieged by violence, the project turns attention to peace building and the hope of resolution, by platforming and facilitating voices both currently affected by conflict and Northern Irish voices who have taken part in peace building during the Troubles.

Read about the Parallel Peace Project