She is particularly well known in her role with Mary Anderson, of forcing a change in Irish law to enable women to serve on juries.
[1] As an activist she has been jailed for 3 months (for her anti-Vietnam War activities where she took down the flag and burnt it) and fined (for her attacks on Richard Nixon's car during a visit to Ireland) during 1970.
This was a train to Northern Ireland so that women could buy contraceptives and openly bring them back to the Republic.
This subject was delicate and de Burca made the active decision not to go as she feared the reaction because she was not married at the time.
[9] In 2017 de Burca was awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Law by University College Dublin.