Thread by @IrishWomenin

On #NollaigNamBan we'll be raising a glass/cup of tea to all the women we've featured this year, to honour their victories and challenges as well as their long and short lives. What will you do? Here's a thread with some ideas.
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1) If you have children in your life, you could spend some time with them telling stories about your and/or their female ancestors. Keeping their stories alive in the most traditional of Irish ways; through storytelling.
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2) If you're on your own, maybe take some time to reflect on your own female ancestors - do you know much about them? What pieces of stories are missing and why? Is there some research you'd like to do to know more about them?
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3) If you're with friends, invite each person to tell a story about a female ancestor and toast that woman's life and how her life lives on in memory. Maybe this could be a new tradition every January 6th?
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4) Take a look back through our timeline (remember we featured many other women in previous years!) and consider just how different, and difficult, the lives of our female ancestors were and why.
We stand on their shoulders with gratitude.
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5) If you're with family perhaps start a family project or new family tradition to remember female ancestors. Maybe an art project, a female-focused family tree or maybe the writing down or recording of the stories of female ancestors.
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Finally, we'd LOVE to hear your suggestions for honouring the female ancestors who've shaped your life. Maybe you already have traditions you'd like to share with us or ideas for new ones. We'd love to hear them!
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