... widely known fact but the turn of the last century saw significant suffragette activity in Lisburn. Indeed in their bid to secure voting rights for women, members of the Lisburn Suffragette Society were involved in everything from arson attacks, Cathedral ...

... artistic director Peter Morgan Barnes said there was suffragette activity in Lisburn since 1909 when a local society was founded by Dunmurry woman Lilian Metge. “At its height the Lisburn Suffragette Society had about 80 members,” he said. “Lilian Metge ...

... Activities Peter claimed the activities of the suffragettes undoubtedly exasperated the authorities, with at times the women involved being seemingly almost ‘outside the law’. Saying that when World War | broke out, the women declared a truce and devoted ...

... bombing of Lisburn Cathedral. “Lilian teamed up with Dorothy Evans from Belfast who was a member of a militant faction of the suffragettes and the pair of them sneaked out from the back garden of Lilian's house in Dunmurry going through the back gardens of many ...

... to volunteers to mark the International Year of Volunteers. An Arts and Crafts exhibition and history exhibition on the Suffragette movement in Lisburn were on view, and the display was followed by a raffle and buffet. ATLAS. would like to thank JKB Financial ...

... Ireland rather than opt for half a dozen plans, which would be more costly and less holistic.” Lambeg WI enjoy talk THE suffragette movement came under scrutiny at the January 2 meeting of Lambeg Women's Institute. A talk on the subject was given by Mr ...