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Irish Food Committee

Category:
The Irish Independence Film Collection
Directed by:
Topical Film Company
Produced by:
Topical Film Company
Year:

1916
Duration:

17 sec
Language:
Silent with English Intertitles

A close up of three Irish women at a table preparing food, most likely for soldiers.

During the First World War era (1914- 1918) the women of Ireland quickly adapted to the many challenges initiated by Britain’s declaration of war against Germany. The country’s existing network of philanthropic organisations provided a solid foundation for a variety of voluntary war work, from establishing paramilitary organisations like Cumann na mBan, to the mobilisation of working-class women and war refugees in the provision of food parcels and clothes for soldiers.

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