Sisters of the Troubles

Women of Faith

WOMEN OF FAITH

Sisters of the Troubles

Sisters of the Troubles: Lithuania Conference

Sisters of the Troubles: Documentary - BBC World Service
The untold story of the role of Catholic nuns during Northern Ireland’s troubles.

In Conversation Msgr Murray and Fr Wilson
About the work of Catholic Sisters during the conflict in and about Northern Ireland.

Directed and edited by: Dr Jolene Mairs Dyer. Dr Mairs Dyer is a Lecturer in Media Production at Ulster University. She is practice-led researcher who has co-created documentary films, art installations, photography projects and 360º fiction films. She also writes about documentary theory and practice. Her latest journal article on The Matrixial Screen Encounter proposes a radical re-thinking of documentary authorship. She is the Director of the Belfast Feminist Film School:

Sisters in the Troubles: Introduction to women in religious orders during the conflict in and about Northern Ireland
Published in the Journal of Doctrine and Life, Vol. 75, No. 1, January 2017.
Authors: Briege Rafferty and Dianne Kirby.

Sisters in the Troubles - Soul Waves Radio
The Troubles has been a subject of much study and discussion but an aspect that is often overlooked is the perspective of women; even more so religious women.

Women of faith and the Northern Ireland peace process: breaking the silence
“This business of loving enemies mattered to me. That was a command I had to obey.”

Women and the Northern Ireland Peace Protests - Centre for British Politics and Government
Seminar held at Kings College London, 14 November 2018.

Note: Please ignore the warning at the beginning of the seminar. The audio file is safe.