#1916rising

Today’s birthday: Constance Markievicz. This formidable woman, born 153 years ago today, was a painter, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist and socialist. She was sentenced to death for her part in the 1916 Easter rising. Her sentence was commuted, and she became the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament. She was later elected Minister for Labour in the First Dáil, becoming the first female cabinet minister in Europe. Well, you have to do something with your allotted time, I suppose. . . #1916rising #irishrepublic #oilportrait #painting #limitededitionprints #artprints #suffragette #countessmarkievicz #illo https://www.instagram.com/p/CK4klqiChfs/?igshid=1kqgqd1exsrzo

Here’s a series of portraits of the main protagonists of the 1916 Easter Rising, painted for the Irish Independent over the centenary of the uprising. Sixteen leaders were executed in the days following the insurrection. James Connolly - injured in the fighting - was shot in a chair. Countess Markievitz escaped the firing squad, as the British authorities felt the optics of executing a woman would not be good, and thus she lived to see the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty, ninety-nine years ago yesterday. The treaty precipitated a bloody civil war which eventually led to the birth of the Irish Republic, and its final exit from the United Kingdom. Now Britain is - in a sense - leaving us, which feels a bit like Ringo announcing that he’s about to quit the Beatles. So long, Britain. We’re genuinely sorry to see you go. . These are all available as limited edition prints, by the way, on nowthisilike.com . . #angloirishtreaty #angloirishtreaty #1916rising #irishrepublic #easterrising #padraicpearse #countessmarkievitz #thomasmacdonagh #jamesconnolly #eamonceannt #seanmacdermott #josephplunkett #eoinmacneill #thomasclarke #terencemacswiney #oilportrait #painting #limitededitionprints #artprintsforsale https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgmAZvh-HT/?igshid=5a6sj6ckmrna

https://bit.ly/2JjsAwp Listen: #Irish #RadicalWomen’s History – Two Lectures from the Street Stories Festival They didn't go away #Women after the #1916rising https://www.instagram.com/y2shae/p/BvGSddenAg3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wbl5482spr37

Proofing an illustrated map commission for a walking tour of revolutionary north Dublin in 1916 #stoneybatter&smithfieldpeopleshistoryproject #centuryplate #lithography #printmaking #1916rising

Very old bullet holes #royalcollegeofsurgeons #stephensgreen #dublin #ireland #1916 #1916rising (at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)