Thread by @FinnClodagh

#ThroughHerEyes
It's launch day for 'Her Keys to the City'. I'm fizzing with excitement and so privileged to have been involved in a project that honours 80 of the women who made Dublin the city is it today. Some snippets:
Dr Kathleen Lynn slept in the open air on a balcony for

most of the year as she expounded the virtues of fresh air.

Agnes Bernelle sent coded messages to the Resistance during WWll. She later settled in Dublin and helped to set up the Project Arts Theatre. Her granddaughter @sweetvisage writes about her beautifully.

Kay Mills won 15 senior All-Ireland medals, the most won by any player in any code. Men lined up after matches to shake the hand of the camogie midfield player who was 'lithe and graceful... and could score from any angle'.

'Sarah Cecilia Harrison was a compelling woman who broke new ground - as an artist, an activist, a suffragist and a city councillor.' Dr Margarita Cappock writes.

Delia Moclair's family was evicted from their home when she was a child yet she went on to study medicine and excel - becoming the first female assistant master of the National Maternity Hospital.

'Christine Buckley was like a miner who was quick to spot a diamond in the rough. She could recognise people who would respond to her with resilience, and she helped a number overcome their setbacks and hardships,' her husband Donal writes. She is pictured with her son Conor.

Margaret Lindsay Huggins was a pioneering astronomer who laid the foundation for astrophysics. Her grandfather taught her to stargaze in Monkstown.

Mavis Arnold, women's rights activist, psychotherapist and investigative journalist who was one of the first to expose widespread abuse in church-run institutions. Photo by Derek Speirs.

The @LordMayorDublin Alison Gilliland who has done so much to increase the visibility of women during her tenure. It's been such an honour (and fun) working with her on 'Her Keys to the City', which is available here: fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/her…