Doing My Bit For Ireland

An outspoken schoolteacher turned activist, the narrator recounts her journey from ordinary classrooms to the front lines of a historic struggle. As a suffragist and Irish nationalist she joined the volunteers, only to find herself wounded during the fierce fighting that erupted in Dublin’s streets. Her voice blends the immediacy of battlefield injury with the quiet determination that kept her moving toward a passport and a new life across the Atlantic.

Listeners hear a candid memoir that balances vivid scenes of the Easter week with reflective commentary on what might have been. The account offers a rare glimpse into the everyday courage of women who fought, the daily surveillance of British forces, and the lingering dreams that haunted her long after the guns fell silent. Through her honest recollections, the story illuminates the human heart behind a pivotal, though ultimately unsuccessful, insurrection.