The banner found at Countess Markiewicz's home in Dublin was housed in London's Imperial War Museum until shortly before 2016. For decades an artifact from the Irish revolutionary era was nestled ...

In the spring of 1919 the Minister for Labor, Countess Constance Markievicz, arrived in Cork to deliver speeches in the city and county but, it resulted in the rebel countess ending up in Cork City ...

“Mr. David Lloyd George is the most despicable man in the world.” —Maxim of the COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ When Constance Georgine, Countess of Markievicz, died in Dublin last week, there were some few ...

Kilkenny, 19 July 1917 - The radical Republican revolutionary Countess Markievicz has been awarded the freedom of Kilkenny City. The ceremony took... Dublin, 22 June 1917 - Celebrations for the ...

Dublin, 22 May 1917 - A crowded meeting in the Mansion House unanimously passed a resolution drawing ‘the attention of foreign countries to the unjust treatment of our prisoners of war, of whom 122 ...

Constance Markievicz, also known as Countess Markievicz, has been solidified as an extremely important figure in Irish history. An Irish revolutionary nationalist politician, suffragist, and socialist ...

It sounded absurd: traveling to Ireland to learn about the owner of a desk. But this wasn’t any ordinary desk — or any ordinary owner. I collect rare books on early America. It’s a hobby propelled by ...

A portrait of a controversial Sinn Fein MP who narrowly avoided being executed for her role in the 1916 Easter Rising is to go on display in Parliament 100 years after her election. The picture of ...

In a recent interview with USA Today promoting her new memoir A Story Lately Told, actress Anjelica Huston revealed her desire to appear on the hit British period melodrama Downton Abbey. “I love ...

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