Ah, Those Irish Colleens

While women in modern Western society have spent the last century fighting for equal rights, women in ancient Ireland were accorded legal equality with men. Under the Brehon Laws women had the right to own property, rule territories, seek an education, and sue for divorce. Celtic women were also warriors, frequently taking up arms and marching into battle with their brothers and husbands.

Helen Walsh Folsom is of Celtic descent and is a writer and former newspaper columnist. The author of St. Patrick's Secrets, she lives in Kansas City, Kansas.

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

xi

Queen Maeve, the Warrior Queen (122 B.C.--A.D. 02)

2

(24)

Deirdre of the Sorrows (31--9 B.C.)

26

(30)

Bridget, the Saint (453--545)

56

(16)

Gormlaith of Clontarf (1014)

72

(16)

Dearvorgilla, the Unforgettable (1108--1193)

88

(16)

Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen (1530--1603)

104

(26)

Mabel Bagenal, the Elopement (1571--1596)

130

(24)

Maire Rua O'Brien, Red Mary (1615--1686)

154

(18)

Sarah Curran, a Patriot's Love (1781--1808)

172

(22)

Mary O'Connor, the Rose of Tralee (1823--1849)

194

(24)

Speranza, Lady Wilde (1826--1896)

218

(18)

Kitty O'Shea and the Uncrowned King (1845--1921)

236

(28)

Maud Gonne and the Poet Yeats (1866--1953)

264

(23)

Epilogue

287

(2)

Index

289

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Ah, Those Irish Colleens

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