IRISH REVOLUTIONARY BROOCH 

Cumann Na mBan Brooch (The Irishwomen's Council)

Irish Republican Woman's Organisation 

Women of the Uprising 

Founded in 1914 

A meeting chaired by Agnes O'Farrelly on 2 April 1914 marked the foundation of Cumann na mBan

Vintage Bronze Metal Retro Brooch 

Commemorating The Female Volunteers 

The goals  of the organisation as stated in its constitution were to "advance the cause of Irish liberty and to organize Irishwomen in the furtherance of this object", to "assist in arming and equipping a body of Irish men for the defence of Ireland" and to "form a fund for these purposes, to be called 'The Defence of Ireland Fund'"

On 23 April 1916, when the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood finalised arrangements for the Easter Rising, it integrated Cumann na mBan, along with the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army, into the 'Army of the Irish Republic'.