#danieloconnell

I am fortified by the visual #poetry of fashionasart Wearing #ancestral tiaras & handed down #ballgowns add a sense of occasion to my pain. I’m not brave but I can just about manage to be #stoic with the aid of a #handcrafted crown embellished by my #subversive 18thC grandmothers & aunts & ancestors like #antislavery #campaigner - The Liberator #danieloconnell beloved by #frederickdouglass Sartorial magnificence coupled with the support & love of people who understand what it means to feel alone & afraid & unequal to the challenge of #fittingin strengthen my resolve Everyday we have the opportunity to define our future, by making choices that enrich the world via what we wear. The future is #sustainablefashion & #fashionasart #artisans #thinkers are the future! Viva The #lgbtqia #eccentrics & the #dandy & #dandizette of history whose footsteps we walk in today. #crown by @velveteccentric (at Mayfair, W1 London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzlcHdAjyW/?igshid=hf43ow2se444

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The O'Connell Monument, celebrating Daniel O'Connell, the 19th century nationalist leader known as "The Liberator"; the four winged statues of this memorial represent Patriotism, Courage, Eloquence and Fidelity . . . #danieloconnell #oconnellstreet #irishculture #dublin #ireland #visitireland #globetrotter #solotraveler #freelancelife #backpacker #travelbug #wanderer #worldtravel (à O'connell Street, Dublin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxIXcWzhaxe/?igshid=rw72l9ankji

#DanielOConnell statue. (at O'connell Street, Dublin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvchVxKAhwR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b0oygu8zsxiv

No one else is gonna care about this picture, but it means a ton to me.  Daniel O’Connell (statued above) was the original thinker on passive resistance.  He fought for civil rights for Irish Catholics before civil rights were a thing.  He organized the normally rowdy and mercurial Irish Catholics into organized, peaceful protests that scared the spit out of British magistrates.  Thomas Jefferson, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other creators of change were influenced by the ideology and methods of Daniel O’Connell.  I co-wrote a musical about him and spent a lot of time studying his life.  What a privilege to finally come to his beautiful town and be where he was.  Geek rant over.   - - - #fezywigindublin #ireland #danieloconnell #learning #growing #history #homeschool #worldschool #familytime #dadlife #happydad #alwayslearning #travel #adventure #personalgrowth #sevenatsea #fezywig (at Dublin, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnbuYsig6La/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=um6dz7s2vbuz

Big Dan #dublinfaircity🇮🇪 #danieloconnell #graffiti #streetart #photography #onthebus #thebigsmoke #travel

Please read my article on growing up in #Mayfair & living there as an author with all its rich history or eccentrics; #Oscarwilde #nancymitford #danieloconnell - I’d love to hear your thoughts! https://www.thelondonmagazine.org/my-london-tyne-oconnell/ (at Mayfair)

Like all my ancestors & #eccentrics I admire #danieloconnell lived in #Mayfair ... he was attending university in Flanders until he fled the French revolution & moving into #albermarlestreet Mayfair he became The Great Irish leader & champion of #civilrights - In 1833 he saw through the Abbolition of Slavery Act In Parliament with the support of his neighbor & friend #ignatiussancho who was born on a slave ship. With The patronage of #lordmontague Ignatius became not a only a famous #dandy but the darling of Mayfair #eccentric salons quaffing Cups of tea & saucers of #champagne with Elizabeth Montague #angelicakauffman #gainsborough et al from her Hill Street & Portman square salons & #compose the musical backdrop to the restoration. (at Mayfair)