Teatime Talk: Dublin's Women Street Traders, 1882-1932

A ballad about street trader Molly Malone is widely regarded as Dublin’s anthem, yet the city’s relationship with the women who traded on its streets was often contentious. From 1882 onwards efforts commenced to have street traders banned alongside gentrification projects. A watershed came with the passage of the Street Trading Act of 1926. Join historian Susan Marie Martin for this talk which looks at the resistance of the traders when those with power refused to recognize them as stakeholders. What the establishment learned was that the women were prepared to engage in civil disobedience, endure violence from Gardaí and serve time in jail to both protect their livelihoods and protest what they described as ‘banishment to the slums’.
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This talk starts at 6pm.
We will meet at the registration desk inside No.14 Henrietta Street at 5.40pm.

Susan Marie Martin is a historical sociologist. She is a guest lecturer and research project supervisor in University College Cork's Food Studies and Irish Foodways programme.

This talk will take place in person on the 1st floor of the Museum and can be accessed via lift.

I look forward to seeing you there.