An exploration of Irish women writers from 1880-1922, revealing them to be culturally active and deeply invested in the political and military struggles of their turbulent times. From the Land Wars to the Boer Wars, from the First World War to the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War, the fascinating women considered in this volume grapple with the experiential representation of conflicts. Explores the ways in which conflict narratives have been read - and interpreted - as deeply gendered and the relationship between women and conflict.