In December 1992 President Mary Robinson invited Irish lesbian and gay activists to Áras an Uachtaráin (the home of the Irish President). President Mary Robinson had been inaugurated in November 1992 so this was one of her initial public…
A photograph of Donal Sheehan holding the Cork Gay Collective banner at the Lesbian And Gay Pride parade in Dublin, 1984. Also pictured is Arthur Leahy and Pat McCarthy who is originally from the Cork members of Dublin Gay Collective.
A photograph of Cork gay activist, Kieran Rose, and Cork lesbian activist, Joan McCarthy, photographed in Dublin in circa 1986. Both were actively involved in Cork Gay Collective, Cork Lesbian Collective, Quay Co-op and Dublin Lesbian and Gay…
A photograph of Cork Gay Collective at the Fairview protest in Dublin, 1983. Edmund Lynch is interviewing Kieran Rose. The Fairview march was held in 1983 to protest the 4 teenagers, who beat Declan Flynn to death in 1982, being let go with no…
A photograph of Laurie Steele outside St Stephen's Green in Dublin during the Lesbian And Gay Pride parade in 1983. To the left of Laurie is Margaret McWilliam, one of the National Gay Federation founders, who died tragically young in the late 1980s.…
A photograph of the Fairview protest in Dublin, 1983. Photographed are the protesters holding a banner stating, "Stop Violence Against Gays And Women", and a sign stating "Get Your Filthy Laws Off My Body".