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Countess Markievicz, born Constance Georgine Gore Booth, Irish politician, #EasterRising revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist, socialist, first female cabinet minister in Europe
With Poppet and Fianna Éireann officers
Waterford
1917
Source: https://flickr.com/photos/nlireland/49210574971 @nlireland
With Poppet and Fianna Éireann officers
Waterford
1917
Source: https://flickr.com/photos/nlireland/49210574971 @nlireland
See this bio of Markievicz from her home @lissadellhouse http://lissadellhouse.com/countess-markievicz/
"...her leadership role in...1916 and the subsequent revolutionary struggle for freedom in Ireland, for which she risked her life...a woman of determination, independence, idealism...self-sacrifice"
"...her leadership role in...1916 and the subsequent revolutionary struggle for freedom in Ireland, for which she risked her life...a woman of determination, independence, idealism...self-sacrifice"
Another recent photograph we colourised of Countess Markievicz on her release from prison in 1919
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUsOJEXXkAA1z7_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUsOJEXXkAA1z7_?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
Photographed with her beloved Poppet (one of Ireland’s most famous dogs!), and senior Fianna Éireann officers Theo Fitzgerald and Thomas McDonald
More on Poppet: "An Irishman’s Diary about Countess Markievicz, her dog and a famous flag" @FrankmcnallyIT https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-about-countess-markievicz-her-dog-and-a-famous-flag-1.2340571
More on Poppet: "An Irishman’s Diary about Countess Markievicz, her dog and a famous flag" @FrankmcnallyIT https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-about-countess-markievicz-her-dog-and-a-famous-flag-1.2340571
40 shades of bottle green
Restoration work on Theo Fitzgerald's left eye and chin/neck area... eyes are *hard*!
Here are the two audio recordings of Countess Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) from 1922:
- "Ireland's dead leaders, patriotic recitation"
- "Ireland's so-called treaty with England, patriotic recitation"
http://www.phonobase.org/simple_search.php?Tout=markievicz&carnauba=1&langue=fr&ligne=0
- "Ireland's dead leaders, patriotic recitation"
- "Ireland's so-called treaty with England, patriotic recitation"
http://www.phonobase.org/simple_search.php?Tout=markievicz&carnauba=1&langue=fr&ligne=0