Ann Matthews is a historian. Originally from Dublin, she now lives in Kildare. She currently lectures at NUI Maynooth on 'Women and War' and 'Republican Women and Iconography'. She has contributed to The Journal of Irish Military History and The Irish Archive Journal. She has also contributed chapters to 'The Impact of the 1916 Rising: Among the Nations', (ed) Ruan O'Donnell (2008) and 'Associational Culture in Ireland and Abroad' (eds) Jennifer Kelly R.V Comerford Eds) (2010). She is the author of 'Renegades' (2010) and 'The Kimmage Garrison 1916: Making Billy Can-Bombs at Larkfield' (2010).