10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ULSTERWOMEN»
Discover the use of
Ulsterwomen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Ulsterwomen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Signs of Weakness: Juxtaposing Irish Tales and the Bible
Seen in the context of SC as a whole, this mention of the Ulsterwomen's
disfigurement illustrates the match of the physical and the emotional, and, on the
other plane, the parallel of women and men. More obviously, the 'blemishes'
show the ...
Connor,king of Ulster, is your father,Leogaire the Triumphant your husband; I
should deemit but small honorto youthat any ofthe Ulsterwomen should take
precedence in entering the hall; only at your heel should all the Ulsterwomen
tread.
3
Land of Women: Tales of Sex and Gender from Early Ireland
The Ulsterwomen did not defend their own honor against each other so much as
praise their husbands' prowess; in a double dig, the author of Fled Bric- renn
depicted women not only aping men's boasts but boasting about men. Women
were ...
... has had forced upon her for so many years — that of seeking to remain part of
the United Kingdom — undoubtedly hastened the advent of Ulsterwomen into the
sphere of local and national politics, and heightened the interest and quickened ...
Ulster Association for Peace with Honour, 1925
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The Minutes of the Ulster Women's Unionist Council and ...
The report[,] amongst other things[,] expressed the opinion, 'That the Committee
considers an Association of Ulsterwomen in London might advisably be formed,
on broad, democratic lines to be affiliated in the same way as our other branches.
Ulster Women's Unionist Council, Diane Urquhart, 2001
Among other famous Ulstermen or Ulsterwomen are William Hazlitt, the Brontes,
and Sir Samuel Ferguson, the real precursor of the Celtic Revival, and great
lawyers like Lord Cairns, who was perhaps the greatest judge of the whole ...
7
A Companion to Arthurian Literature
Similarly, Cú Chulainn kills the Ulsterwomen en masse after they abuse his foster
son's wife (Marstrander 1911). In both of these heroic cycles, this act ofgenocide
signals an impending Götterdämmerung and the dangerous dynamics that will ...
8
Women Divided: Gender, Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland
Urquart, D. (1994) '“The female of the species is more deadlier thanthemale”?
The UlsterWomen's UnionistCouncil, 1911–40' in J.Holmesand D.Urquart(eds)
Coming intotheLight Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University. Walby,
S.
9
Alternative Ulsters: Conversations on Identity
It's a shame that we can't just say we're Ulstermen, Ulster people, Ulsterwomen,
without all of those other layers that have contaminated the great strengths of
what Ulster has always been about.Even if you have a very definite, particular
view ...
10
Hero-Myths And Legends Of The British Race:
Ifyou enter my hallfirst tonight, youwillbe queen ofthe Ulsterwomen. Fedelm
walked on merrilyenough, but determined thatshe would soon reenter the hall,
and certainly before any other woman. Bricriu next met Lendabair the Favourite, ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ULSTERWOMEN»
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98FM Morning Sport Shorts
... team (pictured) kept their All-Ireland quarter-final hopes alive with a 0-12 to 0-8 win against Derry but will be hoping Clare lose to the Ulsterwomen next week. «98FM, Jul 15»
