Limerick Research Throws New Light on Women in the Early Free State

Tá Bean in Éirinn – UL research into Irish language court records investigates violence against women during early years of Irish Free State

Tá Bean in Éirinn – Historian, Dr Helene Haak, and Irish scholar, Dr Sorcha de Brún, University of Limerick, pictured with the court files they uncovered in the National Archives, […] The post Tá Bean in Éirinn – UL research into Irish language court records investigates violence against women during early years of Irish Free State appeared first on I Love Limerick.

Limerick research throws new light on women in the early Free State

NEW work from researchers at the University of Limerick sheds fresh light on attitudes towards the treatment of women and native Irish speakers, as well as the use of the Irish language, in the Irish Free State courts between 1922 and 1932. Led by historian Dr Helene Haak and Irish scholar Dr Sorcha de Brún, ‘Tá Bean in Éirinn’: Violence against women, the Irish language, and justice in the early years of the Irish Free State: A National Archive…

Research into Irish language court records investigates violence against women during the early years of the Irish Free State

17.11.2025 - New research from University of Limerick into Irish language court records has examined the violence suffered by and perpetrated by women during the first decade of the Irish Free State. The research sheds new light on attitudes towards the treatment of women and native Irish speakers, as well as the use of the Irish language, in the Irish Free State courts between 1922 and 1932.