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    <language>eng</language>
        <publisher>Journal of Irish Studies</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Estudios Irlandeses</journalTitle>
        <eissn>1699-311X</eissn>
            <publicationDate>2026-07-16</publicationDate>
        <volume>21.2</volume>
    <issue>21.2</issue>
        <startPage>29</startPage>
    <endPage>42</endPage>
    <publisherRecordId>15118</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng"><![CDATA[ “Do your Bit at Home!”: Irish Women and the Spanish Civil War ]]></title>

    <authors>
     
      <author>
        <name><![CDATA[ Veronica Barry ]]></name>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
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      <affiliationName affiliationId="1"><![CDATA[ University College Dublin, Ireland ]]></affiliationName>
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        <abstract language="eng"><![CDATA[ This article examines Irish women’s perceptions of, and contributions to, the Spanish Civil War. It seeks to showcase the range of Irish women’s opinions on the nature of the war, highlighting the political, social, religious and international terms in which they framed the conflict. The article then explores Irish women’s contributions to the war, focusing upon their efforts to organise fundraisers and public meetings at home or provide medical relief behind the frontlines in Spain. As it shows, whilst some Irish women took sides, providing support for either the Republican or Nationalist camp, others chose not to, opting instead to provide humanitarian aid on an impartial basis. In doing so, the article sheds light upon two underexplored dimensions of the Irish response to the Spanish Civil War: the contributions made by women and the provision of neutral humanitarian aid.
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          <keywords language="eng">
              <keyword>Spanish Civil War</keyword>
              <keyword>Ireland</keyword>
              <keyword>women</keyword>
              <keyword>transnational fascism</keyword>
              <keyword>communism</keyword>
              <keyword>humanitarianism</keyword>
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