Hero of Belfast: Mary Ann McCracken Walking Tour
Clifton House 2 North Queen Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BelfastExperience Mary Ann McCracken’s Belfast, as you walk in the footsteps of this remarkable abolitionist, philanthropist and social reformer. Mary Ann McCracken, who was born over 250 years ago, is intrinsically linked to the city of Belfast. She lived her fearless life championing causes, moving from place to place, always on a mission to make life better for those less fortunate than herself. Hear too about her more radical nature. Her role in the work of the United Irishmen, the 1798 rebellion and beyond. How she was devoted to her older brother Henry Joy – hanged for his leading role in the rebellion. [...]
BELFAST’S REMARKABLE WOMEN TALK: MARY ANN MCCRACKEN, WINIFRED CARNEY AND BARONESS MAY BLOOD
Clifton House 2 North Queen Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BelfastCome and hear stories of how Mary Ann McCracken fought for the rights of the poor and took a stand against the slave trade. This talk will look at how Winifred Carney and Baroness May Blood engaged with politics at a time when their voices were being deliberately silenced and how they overcame class barriers in order to achieve small victories. This talk will be given by Dr Lauren Smyth, Dr Margaret Ward and Avila Kilmurray. Dr Lauren Smyth is the Historian of Clifton House. Her specialist subject child poverty in early 19th Century Belfast and how charitable institutions, such as the [...]
Belfast’s Heroines: Mary Ann McCracken and Martha McTier Walking Tour
Clifton House 2 North Queen Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BelfastCome and learn about Belfast’s heroines, Mary Ann McCracken and Martha McTier, in our brand-new walking tour. Listen to stories of how these women supported the United Irishmen, helped the poor through their charitable work, with Belfast’s most turbulent events in history as a backdrop to their stories. Mary Ann McCracken, who was born over 250 years ago, is intrinsically linked to the city of Belfast. She lived her fearless life championing causes, moving from place to place, always on a mission to make life better for those less fortunate than herself. Martha McTier was an advocate in Belfast for women's [...]
‘A legion of Wollstonecrafts’: Radical Women of the 1790s.
Clifton House 2 North Queen Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BelfastIn a letter written in 1799 the writer Mary Robinson wrote: ‘It requires a legion of Wollstonecrafts to undermine the poisons of prejudice and malevolence’. Mary Wollstonecraft was an outspoken advocate of the rights of women, children and men in the 1790s, but she was not the only woman of that decade who might be called ‘feminist’. This talk by Prof Moyra Haslett looks at the ‘legion of Wollstonecrafts’ who wrote and campaigned in this period, including Martha McTier and Mary Ann McCracken. Moyra Haslett is Professor in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic literature at Queen's University of Belfast and a Member of [...]