Women, Radicalism and Eighteenth-Century Belfast: Mary Ann McCracken and Martha McTier

What did it mean to be radical and dissenting in eighteenth-century Belfast? Belfast’s culture of religious and political dissent encouraged female participation, but not always on equal terms. Join us at Clifton House, the home of Belfast’s oldest charity, where Dr Catriona Kennedy will discuss how radical women like Mary Ann McCracken and Martha McTier’s charitable work allowed them to participate in, and influence, Belfast’s radical public sphere.

This year, as part of our 250th Anniversary celebrations, Belfast Charitable Society hope to use our talks and events to help raise funds for our ongoing philanthropic work, therefore we will be offering these free, with a 'pay what you can' donation. All funds raised will be used to support those most in need. Thank you in advance for your support. 

Dr Catriona Kennedy is a Reader in modern British and Irish History at the University of York. She has published widely on gender and Irish radicalism in the late eighteenth century, including articles on women and the memory of the 1798 rebellion and Martha McTier. Her book Women, Politics, and the Irish Public Sphere in the Age of Revolution is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.

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