Name/TitleDocument: Saw Doctors' Song Gives a Voice to 'Deserted' Women
About this objectSingle-sided A4 printout titled 'Saw Doctors' Song Gives a Voice to 'Deserted' Women' by Louise Glavey. The document includes the sub-headings 'A Song of Our Times' and 'Hope for a Better Ireland'. It also features a photograph captioned 'Davy Carton of The Saw Doctors with his fiancée Alice and their daughter Róisín', in which Davy and Alice wear Together for Yes t-shirts and badges.
MakerGlavey, Louise
Maker RoleAuthor
Date Made2018
Period2010s
Place MadeIreland, Galway
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 210 x W: 297 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association Keywordsabortion rights - pro-choice
Subject and Association KeywordsRepeal the 8th Amendment
Subject and Association Keywordsmusic, musicians, musical performers
Subject and Association DescriptionPart of a collection of Repeal the 8th campaign material from Galway East for Choice, gifted to Glasgow Women's Library by a Glasgow-based donor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saw_Doctors:
The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in the Republic of Ireland including three number ones. Their first number one, "I Useta Lover," topped the Irish charts for nine consecutive weeks in 1990 and holds the record for the country's all-time biggest-selling single. On 15 February 2008, they received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards.
https://www.togetherforyes.ie:
Together for Yes is the national civil society campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution. Together we are campaigning for a more compassionate Ireland that allows abortion care for anyone who needs it. The Together for Yes Campaign Platform brings together a wide range of civil society organisations who represent various sectors of Irish society. We share a unified aim which is to secure a yes vote in the referendum to remove the 8th from the constitution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland:
The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1983 was an amendment to the Constitution of Ireland which inserted a subsection recognising the equal right to life of the pregnant woman and the unborn. Abortion had been subject to criminal penalty in Ireland since at least 1861; the amendment ensured that legislation or judicial interpretation would be restricted to allowing abortion in circumstances where the life of a pregnant woman was at risk. It was approved by referendum on 7 September 1983 and signed into law on 7 October 1983. In 2018, it was repealed by referendum.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeFlyer
Object numberGWL-2018-58-6
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved