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Feminist walk of Cork celebrates trailblazing women

13 Aug 2024

• Feminist Walk of Cork explores rich contributions of women and women led organisations.
• Members of the public are invited to take a winding walk across Cork city.
• There are no monuments to women in Cork city; the walk writes women into the spaces and topography of the city.

The rich contributions of Traveller women, Cork Penny Dinners, Sexual Violence Centre Cork and Cork Alliance are the focus of a new walking tour through Cork City.

invites members of the public to discover the contributions of women and women-led organisations in building safe and fairer societies for all.

This walk entitled 鈥榃omen, Confinement and Social Justice鈥� is the second walk in a series led by researchers at 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork in partnership with community organisations. The free maps and information booklets can be found on the Feminist Walk of Cork .

Led by Professor Maggie O鈥橬eill, 鈥楢 Feminist Walk of Cork鈥� was devised with Masters in Women鈥檚 Studies and BA students in Sociology, Criminology and History at UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences who recognised the need to amply women鈥檚 voices and experiences in the public narrative of the city.

The new walk 鈥榃omen, Confinement and Social Justice鈥� focuses on key historical sites and landmarks including Erinville Hospital and Cork City Courthouse. Each site is accompanied by commentary on trailblazing feminist movements, achievements, and challenges faced by women in their work to build safer, more inclusive societies.

鈥淭here are, at present, no monuments to women in Cork city. A plaque which honours rights activist Mother Jones is located on John Redmond Street near Shandon, and the Mary Elmes Bridge recognises the outstanding contributions of the Irish aid worker. Representations of women can be found in the Apple Seller (Fitzgerald Park), the Onion Seller (Coal Quay), the School Children (Shandon bells) and in streets named after Queens and Saints鈥�, Professor Maggie O鈥橬eill, Professor of Sociology and Criminology at 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, and Director of UCC Futures 鈥� Collective Social Futures, and ISS21 Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century, said.

鈥淚f we look closely, there is evidence of women鈥檚 great work embedded in the topography of the city. Along this winding walk, we invite members of the public to discover and honour trailblazing feminists past and present in the context of history in the present. The walk explores the confinement, containment, and social control of women鈥檚 鈥榬isky鈥� bodies; the labelling, marginalisation and criminalisation of women who were deemed to transgress societal norms and expectations,鈥� Professor Maggie O鈥橬eill said.

Research on the move

Researchers at UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences and ISS21 Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century are investigating walking as teaching, learning, and pedagogic practice.

The 鈥楩eminist Walk of Cork鈥� project is supported by UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences through the Interdisciplinary Research Grant Fund. Conach Gibson-Feinblum was the project鈥檚 researcher, leading on archival, documentary and interview-based research, with support from Angela Flynn, Linda Connolly and Tom Spalding.

The UCC research builds upon the history of walking as a research method alongside participatory and biographical methods to teach sociology, criminology, women and gender studies in sensory and corporeal ways.

For more information about Feminist Walk Cork, please visit