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Benburb Priory and being a Pankhurst

As part of International Women’s Day writer Fionnuala Cassidy shares her story and Dr Helen Pankhurst on her famous Suffragette ancestors.

Fionnuala Cassidy is taking part in Benburb Priory’s IWD celebrations this weekend, 11 Women: 11 Minutes, from being born in a Mother and Baby institution to discovering she had a brother on her 18th birthday, powerful testimonies to unpack in just 11 minutes. And what is it like to grow up with a famous surname? Dr Helen Pankhurst on having Suffragette blood in her DNA

56 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Mar 2024 15:04

Music Played

  • Devon Cole

    W.I.T.C.H

  • Imelda May

    Becoming

  • Irish Women in Harmony

    Dreams

  • Sinéad O’Connor

    Take Me To Church

  • Kirsty MacColl

    In These Shoes

  • Helen Reddy

    I Am Woman

  • Imelda May

    Wild Woman

  • Kate Bush

    This Womans Work

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Mar 2024 15:04