Republican activist Leslie Bean de Barra a prominent member of Cumann na mBan remembers the 1916 Rising.
Leslie Bean de Barra was a prominent member of the women's organisation Cumann na mBan, which was founded in April 1914 to assist in the fight for Irish independence. De Barra was in the General Post Office during the Easter Rising.
She talks to Donncha Ó Dúlaing about the morning of Easter Monday 1916, and how she and a friend made their way to O'Connell Street and into the GPO.
De Barra later became director of Cumann na mBan. She was also known for her work with the Irish Red Cross.
The accompanying image is a scene from RTÉ drama 'Insurrection' and shows members of Cumann na mBan nursing wounded Volunteers inside the GPO in 1916. The photographer was Eddie McEvoy.
Leslie Bean de Barra died on 9 April 1984.
'Women of the Revolution' was broadcast on 12 April 1971. The presenter is Donncha Ó Dúlaing.
