Celebrating Irish women peace makers in the season of Brigid

Queensland Irish Association is set to screen Waving Goodbye to Dinosaurs documentary as part of our 2025 Brigid Celebration. Following on from the success of the Association’s Finding Brigid documentary screening to celebrate St Brigid’s Day in 2024, it is hoped that this year’s screening will again attract a large crowd. Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs looks at the time when peace talks were proposed to negotiate an end to the decades-old sectarian conflict that had left thousands dead and tens of thousands wounded, and women in Northern Ireland decided to take matters into their own hands. The film vividly shows the story of Catholic and Protestant women who united to form an all-female political party, won seats at the negotiating table, and fought to ensure that their policies around human rights, equality, and inclusion were reflected in the Good Friday Agreement.…
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Celebrating Irish women peace makers in the season of Brigid

Queensland Irish Association is set to screen Waving Goodbye to Dinosaurs documentary as part of our 2025 Brigid Celebration. Following on from the success of the Association’s Finding Brigid documentary screening to celebrate St Brigid’s Day in 2024, it is hoped that this year’s screening will again attract a large crowd.…

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