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
