Glórtha Ciotacha | Awkward Voices
Roseleen Walsh & Rosie McCorley
This episode is a discussion from International Women’s Day 2023 in Gael-Ionad Mhic Goill with two inspirational women Rosie McCorley and Roseleen Walsh who featured in the TG4 documentary series Mná an IRA (IRA Women) detailing their activism and particularly the time they spent in prison during the conflict. Eimear Nic Ionnrachtaigh, a Glór na Móna youth worker and Irish language activist chaired this discussion.
Born in Belfast in 1957, Rosaleen McCorley left school at 17 to work in the Housing Executive where she worked until the time of her arrest in 1990 when was sentenced to 66 years and released as part of the Good Friday Agreement. She obtained two degrees and a postgraduate diploma while in prison. Rosaleen McCorley was elected to the six counties Assembly for West Belfast as a member of Sinn Féin between 2012 and 2016.
And Roseleen Walsh was born in 1950 in Belfast, and she joined Cumann na mBan as a young woman. She was interned in Armagh Prison in 1973 for just over a year. Here, her writing flourished and she covered her white cell walls with poetry. Walsh was actively involved with Sinn Féin in the lead up to the Peace Process. She has written 35 plays, 33 of which have been produced. Bainigí sult.
This episode is a discussion from International Women’s Day 2023 in Gael-Ionad Mhic Goill with two inspirational women Rosie McCorley and Roseleen Walsh who featured in the TG4 documentary series Mná an IRA (IRA Women) detailing their activism and particularly the time they spent in prison during the conflict. Eimear Nic Ionnrachtaigh, a Glór na Móna youth worker and Irish language activist chaired this discussion.
Born in Belfast in 1957, Rosaleen McCorley left school at 17 to work in the Housing Executive where she worked until the time of her arrest in 1990 when was sentenced to 66 years and released as part of the Good Friday Agreement. She obtained two degrees and a postgraduate diploma while in prison. Rosaleen McCorley was elected to the six counties Assembly for West Belfast as a member of Sinn Féin between 2012 and 2016.
And Roseleen Walsh was born in 1950 in Belfast, and she joined Cumann na mBan as a young woman. She was interned in Armagh Prison in 1973 for just over a year. Here, her writing flourished and she covered her white cell walls with poetry. Walsh was actively involved with Sinn Féin in the lead up to the Peace Process. She has written 35 plays, 33 of which have been produced. Bainigí sult.