Peace Heroines Bibliography

A lot of books, articles, films and interviews were utilised in the making of the Peace Heroines exhibition.

For further reading/viewing in general, see the texts and films recommended below.

For information on sources used for each individual biography, please see their bios here.

Further Reading:

Fearon, Kate, Women's Work: The Story of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition (Down, 2000).

Kilmurray, Avila, Community Action in a Contested Society: The story of Northern Ireland (Oxford, 2017).

McWilliams, Monica, Stand Up, Speak Out: My life working for women's rights, peace and equality in Northern Ireland and beyond (Down, 2021).

Ní Dochartaigh, Kerri, Thin Places (Edinburgh, 2021).

Journals & online sources:

Hill, Dr Myrtle, Walker, Linda and Ward, Dr Margaret, A Century of Women online resource: https://www.acenturyofwomen.com/.

Roulston, Carmel. “Women on the Margin: The Women’s Movement in Northern Ireland, 1973-1988” in Science & Society, vol. 53, no. 2, 1989, pp. 219–36. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40402997.

Further Viewing:

Wave Goodbye to the Dinosaurs documentary (2019). Fine Point Films production. Dir: Eimhear O'Neill.

Inez McCormack: A Challenging Woman documentary (2014). Fine Point Films production. Dir: Trevor Birney and Eimhear O’Neill.