'Cuman na mBan opposes the Anglo-Irish Treaty: Women activists during the Civil War'

Marie Coleman

doi:10.2307/j.ctv262qxms.13

'Cuman na mBan opposes the Anglo-Irish Treaty: Women activists during the Civil War'

Marie Coleman

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

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Abstract

On Sunday, 5 February 1922, Cumann na mBan held a special convention in the Round Room of Dublin’s Mansion House to discuss the Anglo-Irish Treaty. A majority of those present (419 of 482, or 87 per cent) voted in favour of the motion by Mary MacSwiney (Sinn Féin TD for Cork Borough in the second Dáil) to reaffirm allegiance to the Irish Republic and reject the Treaty. Jenny Wyse Power’s counter-proposal that the organisation remain neutral was defeated.¹ Thus, Cumann na mBan became the first republican organisation to reject the Treaty.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition, Civil War
Editors	Fearghal McGarry, Darragh Gannon
Place of Publication	Dublin
Publisher	Royal Irish Academy
Pages	54-60
ISBN (Print)	9781911479796
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv262qxms.13
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Irish Civil War
Anglo-Irish Treaty
Cumann na mBan

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