https://storage.ghost.io/c/3c/d2/3cd2abfe-7b1b-441f-af95-dea79d46483e/content/images/2026/06/Ciaran_author6--1--1.jpg

Ciarán O'Rourke

Ciarán O'Rourke is a poet and activist from Dublin. His most recent poetry collection, Prophetstown, is published by The Irish Pages Press.

1 posts

History

Cherishing All the Children: Kathleen Lynn's Radical Medicine

As the National Children's Hospital saga sputters on, Ciarán O'Rourke revisits Saint Ultan's Children's Hospital and its guiding spirit, Kathleen Lynn — the socialist republican whose medical innovations transformed life for Dublin's working class.

Success! You now have access to additional content.