Sources for Irish Women’s History

ID	2181
Collection	Ladies' Irish Association
Reference	Ms544
Description	Minutes, 1907-1950, and accounts, 1936-1950, of the Ladies' Association of Ireland founded in Dublin in 1821 to make the Bible better known in the English and Irish languages in remoter parts of large parishes, to maintain schools in poor districts, and to operate a relief fund for the lower classes and those who have known better days. Committee composed of women. Prayer meetings, fund-raising: ran medical mission: 'Received letter from Mr Grierson, Land agent, Dugort, suggesting that the sick poor on Innisbeagle Island should pay for their medicines' (1907). Paid ferry fare for a nurse to cross the Bull's Mouth as often as necessary. 4 volumes of material
Access	By prior appointment.
Date	1907-1950
Century	20th
Keywords	Charities Search Repository Site Education Search Repository Site Missionaries Search Repository Site Religion Search Repository Site
Note	See also Ms91, Achill Mission Estate [James Grierson].
Repository Name	Representative Church Body Library
Address	Braemor Park Churchtown Dublin 14
Eircode	D14 N735
Telephone	(01) 492-3979
Email Address	library@ireland.anglican.org
Repository Web Address	https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library
Comment	Some of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by staff of the Representative Church Body and we are grateful for their assistance. Where no or partial lists were available staff of the Women's History Project compiled an outline list. Due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually.
latitude	53.30343
longitude	-6.26691