The Cumann na mBan logo, as illustrated on a certificate awarded to Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)
This manifesto from August 1914 sets out the goals of Cumann na mBan (Pic: Mary MacSwiney Papers, UCD Archives)An early version of the Cumann na mBan constitution (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)The constitution includes the pledge 'To follow the policy of the Republican Proclamation by seeing that women take up their proper position in the life of the nation' (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)
The title page from the itinerary of the 1919 Cumann na mBan annual convention (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)Pension records for prominent Cumann na mBan member Kathleen Clarke, showing her military service record, including that she served in the 1916 Rising (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)A first aid certificate awarded to Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)An advertisement from 1928, calling on men to join the IRA and women to join Cumann na mBan (Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland)