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Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Choosing the Struggle by Martina Anderson | Women's Voices, Hopes for the Future | Mary Doherty

Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 12:20


Choosing the Struggle by Martina AndersonLast Saturday a packed St. Mary's gave a huge welcome to Martina Anderson who was launching her personal and hugely important autobiography – Choosing the Struggle. This is an honest and heartfelt account of Martina growing up in Derry, her experience of poverty, witnessing the excesses of the British Army and RUC and the injustice of the northern state, and deciding to take a stand against these by joining the Irish Republican Army.It is wonderfully well written with her description of her arrest and imprisonment in England, and of the conditions ion which she and her friend and comrade Ella O'Dwyer were held, a reminder of the terrible conditions that Irish POWs endured.Martina's account of her decision to seek a termination of a pregnancy and of the years of brutal strip searches are deeply personal and moving. Her experiences with Ella in Durham prison are especially shocking.Martina sees herself as an activist – in whatever area of struggle she is engaged. She is an Irish Republican who believes that the future of the island of Ireland lies in securing our right to self-determination and Unity.As an MEP she played a leadership role in the campaign to defend the Good Friday Agreement, and force the then Irish government of Enda Kenny to challenge the British government following the disastrous Brexit referendum vote. And she led the diplomatic offensive to secure a special drsignated status for the North.As her friend Eibhlín Glenholmes writes in the Foreword: “This book is also threaded in her love stories. A love for her husband Paul, of the indefatigable Anderson family, of her people, of her comrades, of the future New Irelanders who will reap what she and other women have sown – the seeds of a just and equitable society where every voice is heard.” Well ssid Eibhlín. And well done Martina.Choosing the Struggle is published by Beyond the Pale Books. It is available through An Fhuiseog, 55 Bóthar na bhFál, BT12 4PD and https://sinnfeinbookshop.com/ Women's Voices, Hopes for the Future:Áras Uí Chonghaile was packed to capacity on Tuesday for the launch of Women's Voices, Hopes for the Future a new book published by Sinn Féin's Commission on the Future of Ireland, and Edited by Grace McDermott and Aoife Ferguson.Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald praised the 62 women who contributed to the book which was, she said an “important opportunity to bring women's voices from the margins to the centre of the conversation about Ireland's future.”The focus of Women's Voices, Hopes for the Future is the new Ireland. What kind of future Ireland do women envisage? The book is a contribution to this conversation and seeks to amplify the diverse voices of women and girls across Ireland and the diaspora.Women have been in the leadership of the struggle for Irish freedom and self-determination. They have been champions for change. Women like Mary Ann McCracken and Winnie Carnie, Constance Markievicz and Máire Drumm, Mairead Farrell and too many others to name. This book challenges all of us to imagine a future that is more equal, more inclusive and more representative of all who share this island.I want to thank all of the women who contributed to the book and when a book signing takes place in your area I would encourage you to get this remarkable book which is full of new ideas, great ideas, for the new Ireland.Women's Voices is available through An Fhuiseog, 55 Bóthar na bhFál, BT12 4PD and https://sinnfeinbookshop.com/The book will also be launched at the Derry Féile by Leas Uachtarán Shinn Féin Michelle O'Neill in Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Derry on the 12th August at 2.30pm.More details and other launches will be announced soon. Mary DohertyLast Friday I travelled to Carraig Airt in North Donegal to [join my friend and comrade Pat Doherty as he buried his wife Mary. I knew Mary well. She was originally from Mayo and met Pat in the early 1960s in the Gorbals in Glasgow. They married in 1967 and would have celebrated 59 years together next week.As Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald said in her oration Mary was “unique, brave, irreplaceable. She was fierce. She stood her ground. Stood by her beliefs. By her friends. And she loved her family ferociously.”Mary and Pat arrived back in Ireland as the Civil Rights campaign grew into mass street protests across the North and just a year before British soldiers were sent onto those same streets. Together they took a stand against the prejudice, discrimination and oppression they witnessed in the North. Thus began a lifetime of activism in the Republican struggle.Pat contested his first general election in 1989 and then three European elections for Sinn Féin. He became an MLA in 1998. In 2001 Pat became Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone. Mary was at the heart of each of those campaigns.  I want to extend my deep condolences to Mary's children; Maria, Rosaleen, Kathleen Anne, Danny and Michael. And to her grandchildren; Aoife, Ultán, Daithí, Ruairí, Aoise, Dearbhla, Laoise, Pádraig, Óonagh, Daniel, Mikey and little Gracie. 

The Art of Asymmetrical Warfare
Episode 76 - Constance Markievicz

The Art of Asymmetrical Warfare

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 39:55


A repost from my new podcast: Women Resisting Empire.Constance Markievicz is one of those legends from the fight for Irish Independence that seems bigger than life. She was born into an Anglo-Irish landowning family and, by all accounts, she should have ended up a Unionist married to some English soldier or lord. Instead, she turned into a bohemian artist, socialist, suffragist, officer in the Irish Citizen Army, the first woman to win a seat in British Parliament, the only woman in De Valera's cabinet, and Irish Republican married to a Polish Count. Learn how she fought for Irish Independence and resisted the Anglo-Irish Treaty.Theme song: Arabesque Op.61 by Cécile-ChaminadeSupport this podcast by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ joining my Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and stay up to date on all my projects⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow me on Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Visit my website

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Raidió na Life 106.4FM
Ceol nua ó Burnchurch - Éanna Ó Casaide

Raidió na Life 106.4FM

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 4:35


Comhrá le Éanna Ó Casaide de chuid Burnchurch faoi shingil nua atá foilsithe ag an bhanna faoi Constance Markievicz. Ar fáil ar spotify anois: https://open.spotify.com/album/7bRCv4JcxYjKs2FXpIZJzV?si=g3IsJMP8ToWISgDvpmjtnA

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Highlights from Talking History
Early Medieval Manuscripts

Highlights from Talking History

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 51:45


In this episode of Talking History: a roundup of exciting new exhibitions on the island of Ireland, including: the Irish manuscripts returning to the country for the first time in more than 1,000 years, with curator Matthew Seaver, Assistant Keeper at the National Museum of Ireland; the life, art and legacy of the husband of Constance Markievicz, with Dr Kathryn Milligan, Assistant Librarian at the Edward Murphy Library at the National College of Art & Design; and a new exhibition in Hillsborough Castle which explores the intimate bond between British royal clients and fashion designers, with Claudia Acott Williams, curator.

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Highlights from The Pat Kenny Show
Is it time to have a female statue on O'Connell Street?

Highlights from The Pat Kenny Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 10:20


Dublin's O'Connell Street is lined with a number of statues that all have one thing in common they are all men. A proposal was put forward by Dublin City Council in 2018 for a statue of Constance Markievicz, but proposals have since changed to another statue. Is it time to have a female statue on O'Connell Street?Pat discussed this further with Councillor Cat O'Driscoll, Social Democrats.

HistoryPod
28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

HistoryPod

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024


Markievicz stood as a Sinn Féin candidate and secured over 63% of the vote in the constituency of Dublin St Patrick's, but refused to take the oath of allegiance to the British crown and consequently did not take her seat in the House of ...

The Arts House
Souls, Shadows and Secrets at The Everyman

The Arts House

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 23:24


Souls, Shadows and Secrets is a new play written and directed by Barry Monahan that gives voice to three of Ireland's prominent historical figures: Constance Markievicz, Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera. Starring Jim O Mahony as Michael Collins, Ethan Dillon as Eamon deValera, and Jean van Sinderen-Law as Constance Markievicz, and Niamh Santry as the character Kate who weaves them all together, this promises to be a truly intriguing, enlightening and fascinating show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Radio Wnet
Jarosław Płachecki: Udało nam się zdobyć dokumenty potwierdzające polską tożsamość Constance Markievicz

Radio Wnet

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 9:58


Wiceprezes Polish-Irish Society o współpracy Polsko-Irlandzkiej

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A History of England
196. An independent Ireland?

A History of England

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 14:58


The 1918 election was a disaster for the Liberal Party. Although Lloyd George's faction, inside the coalition government with the Conservatives, took 127 seats, the Liberals independent of the coalition only won 36. Asquith himself, their leader, even lost his seat. The Conservatives saw a huge surge in their number of MPs and could have formed a government themselves. For the time being, though, they stuck with Lloyd George, seen by many as ‘the man who won the war'. The biggest defeat was for the traditional nationalist MPs from Ireland, thrashed by Sinn Fein, backers of an independent Irish Republic. The Nationalists were reduced to 7 seats while Sinn Fein won 73. One of these was taken by the first woman to win a seat in the British parliament, the Easter Uprising veteran Constance Markievicz. However, neither she or any of the 72 other Sinn Fein MPs took their seats, instead calling a meeting of the first ever Dáil Eireann in Dublin, the first Irish parliament. Over the next year and a half or so, there would be some violent incidents in a growing Irish War of Independence. The most threatening development for the British Empire, though, was how Sinn Fein began to build an independent government, increasingly winning allegiance from the population in the south and west. The British sent increased forces, many of them ex-soldiers, but fighting only really took off from the summer of 1920. A matter we'll return to in a later episode. Illustration: Countess Markiewicz, Easter Uprising veteran, first woman elected to the British Parliament, one of the first women to become a cabinet minister in Europe. Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

Highlights from Talking History
The Bluestockings

Highlights from Talking History

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024 53:10


In this episode, we're finding out about the Lithuanian-born solicitor who was the legal advisor to Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith and Constance Markievicz, with Dr Barry Whelan; we'll also hear about Britain's very first women's movement, with Dr Susannah Gibson; and the changing world of Irish barristers after independence, with Dr Niamh Howlin.

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Stuff You Missed in History Class
SYMHC Classics: Constance Markievicz

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2023 34:40


This 2018 episode covers Constance Markievicz, who came from a wealthy Protestant family before making a somewhat surprising transition to become a leader in the Irish Nationalist movement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Racontour Archive 2008 - 2019
S2 Ep5: D2 YC Lissadell House

Racontour Archive 2008 - 2019

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 2:27


Lissadell House GPS Location: 54.344031, -8.57777 Please note that Lissadell House has a limited opening season.  Best to check the Lissadell website when planning your visit closer to the time.  One of the great coups for Lissadell is getting Leonard Cohen to play here in 2010. Thw riter was lucky enough to see the show and it was magnificent hearing him sing - and also quote Yeats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5vYpWCbHsE  Lissadell is famous as the childhood home of Constance Markievicz, one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising; the first woman to be elected to Dáil Eireann, where she served as Minister for Labour, and also the first woman to be elected to Westminster Parliament in London.Her brother Josslyn created at Lissadell one of the premier horticultural estates in Europe. Yeats was friendly with the Gore Booths, and has immortalised Lissadell in his poetry.  In Memory Of Eva Gore-Booth And Con Markiewicz  The light of evening, Lissadell, Great windows open to the south, Two girls in silk kimonos, both Beautiful, one a gazelle. But a raving autumn shears Blossom from the summer's wreath; The older is condemned to death, Pardoned, drags out lonely years Conspiring among the ignorant. I know not what the younger dreams – Some vague Utopia – and she seems, When withered old and skeleton-gaunt, An image of such politics. Many a time I think to seek One or the other out and speak Of that old Georgian mansion, mix Pictures of the mind, recall That table and the talk of youth, Two girls in silk kimonos, both Beautiful, one a gazelle. Dear shadows, now you know it all, All the folly of a fight With a common wrong or right. The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time; Arise and bid me strike a match And strike another till time catch; Should the conflagration climb, Run till all the sages know. We the great gazebo built, They convicted us of guilt; Bid me strike a match and blow.  DIRECTIONS: After here, you'll be making your way back to Drumcliffe on the N15. Want to be brought to the car park of Drumcliffe church via Google Maps? Use these coordinates: 54.325334, -8.493741

MOVERS SHAKERS MAKERS
Irish Women Making Dance - The Introduction

MOVERS SHAKERS MAKERS

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 25:57


Ahead of our first roundtable discussion with six women making dance in Ireland, Emma Lister and cohost Zoë Ashe-Browne give a (tiny) bit of Irish history and pose the driving question of this new mini series: In a time when the conversation in dance often turns to the predominance of men in roles of leadership, why are there so many women choreographing  in Ireland?Zoë Ashe-Browne  is the winner of the Markievicz Award 2021.This mini series has been made possible by support from the Arts Council Ireland on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.REFERENCESDance Data Project census 2021Lecture on Constance Markievicz by Prof Paseta

Fox Force Five Podcast

A mixed bag today for y'all. First up we take a look at recent comments surrounding body image and how we compliment people or otherwise. We chat through this mine field!Nicola gives us the lowdown on current Netflix sensation The Tinder Swindler - sounds like a good 'un. Our Fox this week is historical trailblazer and revolutionary Constance Markievicz.We give a podcast recommend this week in the form of Sweet Bobby - more people pretending to be someone they're not online.Music news is full of nostalgia for the humble CD. We'd love for you to join us.Please help us spread the word if you enjoy the podcast. You can subscribe on your preferred podcast platform and follow us on social media @foxforcefivepod.Sign-up here to get the podcast straight to your inbox every week; https://mailchi.mp/ee57f9be3c2a/fox-force-five-podcast We really appreciate a review if you have time to give us one too. Thanks!Theme music by IJUNIJUN from Pixabay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Trinity Long Room Hub
TLRH | Seeing Ireland Launch | Art, Culture, and Power in Paris, 1922

Trinity Long Room Hub

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 62:48


Friday, 28 January 2022, 5 – 6:30pm An online webinar to celebrate the launch of the new online exhibition 'Seeing Ireland' which will explore one of the most important events in Irish art history: Exposition D'Art Irlandais, held at Galerie Barbazanges in Paris in Jan-February 1922. Guest speakers include H.E. Vincent Guérend, French Ambassador to Ireland, Mick O'Dea, PPRHA, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, ARHA, Billy Shortall, Angela Griffith, Ciaran O'Neill. The event will also feature a short virtual tour of the 3D recreation of the original exhibition space developed by NoHo Design. This event is organised in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub. Support is being provided by the Irish Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Decade of Centenaries programme. About the exhibition 1922 was a seminal year for Ireland and Irish identity: the modern Irish state was founded; James Joyce's Ulysses was published in Paris; and the Irish Race Congress, an international conference and accompanying Irish art exhibition that was a reckoning of Irish identity politics, was held in the French capital. As part of the decade of centenaries commemorations an ambitious series of interlinked events and exhibitions will take place in the Midwest US, Ireland, and European capitals in 2022 to reflect on the events of 100 years ago, to examine the journey Ireland and Irish identity have travelled over the past century of statehood, and to look ahead to Ireland's next century. In January, an online exhibition at the Trinity Long Room Hub organised by Prof Ciaran O'Neill and Dr Billy Shortall (School of Histories and Humanities) will interrogate one of the most important events in Irish art history: Exposition D'Art Irlandais, opened at Galerie Barbazanges in Paris in January 1922. The Exposition, associated with the World Congress, featured established and emerging talent in what would become known as the ‘Irish School of Art'. Artists as diverse as Sarah Purser, Jack Yeats, Sean Keating, John Lavery, Lily Yeats, and Constance Markievicz displayed nationalist work in an overt attempt to legitimate a postcolonial presence in the global field for Irish art and crafts. This new exhibition—an immersive experience and 3D recreation of the original exhibition space-- will recreate, remember, and question this foundational moment in Irish art history.

Consistently Eccentric
Countess Constance Markievicz - Troubleshooting issues in Ireland

Consistently Eccentric

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 77:21


This week we are following the daughter of a Protestant Landowner in Western Ireland. Countess Constance Markievicz was born into the rarefied air of Victorian Nobility but had an innate sense of justice that could not be denied.Always ready to pick a side in the major issues of the day, once her mind was made up Constance was all in and would accept no compromises. Also she was pretty handy with a gun........I am sure it will all be fine.Guest Host: Matt Hare See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Untaught History
Episode 8- A House Divided- Sinn Féin 1908-1911

Untaught History

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2021 3:43


We introduce Na Fianna Éireann, Irish Freedom, The Proportional Representation Society of Ireland, Constance Markievicz, and Seán MacDermott to the story. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarah-hayter/support

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The Fine Ale Countdown
Ep. 279: Bloody Constance Markievicz

The Fine Ale Countdown

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 64:28


What did Jack think of the vaccine? Where has Bud Lite gone? What did we think of Bo Burnham's Netflix special? This episode has answers, sort of. We tried, a bit. Neil Fitzpatrick sells unhealthy food to your children. Thanks to Sentinel Audio for giving us a home."

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OceanFM Ireland
CONSTANCE Ocean FM

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2021 47:56


Celebrating CONSTANCE Ocean FM is proud to celebrate one of Sligo's most famous daughters and revolutionaries, Constance Markievicz, with the broadcast of CONSTANCE, a unique and powerful documentary drama that explores her often enigmatic and controversial life and legacy. This Hawks Well production offers a rare chance to hear Constance’s actual words and thoughts. It explores her life as artist, activist and revolutionary by combining her own prose and poetry with a magical original composition by Sligo's Michael Rooney. Written and directed by Kellie Hughes and featuring an octet of traditional Irish and classical musicians and actor Nichola McEvilly, CONSTANCE is a rich sonic experience that offers a rare insight into one of Ireland’s most iconic figures. Writer and Director, Kellie Hughes says “I found a beautiful letter to her brother Josslyn, where she tells him ‘My enemies will make a monster out of me, my friends a heroine and both will be equally wide of the truth’ . and I thought that is such a prophetic statement. She really understood how she was going to be viewed and she went for it anyway”. Almost a century on, her vision of a free Ireland with equality for all of regardless of class, gender, or religion remains an elusive but worthy aspiration. Constance Markievicz also blazed a trail in politics, becoming the first woman to be appointed as a Cabinet Minister in Ireland and indeed in all of Europe. In Ireland, fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps. Listen in across the station this weekend to hear the opinions of this select group of women on Constance, life in politics and the place of women in Ireland today. Constance Markievicz also blazed a trail in politics, becoming the first woman to be appointed as a Cabinet Minister in Ireland and indeed in all of Europe. In Ireland, fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps. Listen in to hear the opinions of this select group of women on Constance, life in politics and the place of women in Ireland today. https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland.

OceanFM Ireland
Mary Coughlan On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:37


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Senator Regina Doherty on Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:22


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Minister Pippa Hackett On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 6:19


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Nora Owen On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 5:57


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Niamh Breathnach On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:42


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Mary O'Rourke On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:48


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Mary Mitchell O'Connor On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 5:24


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Mary Harney On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:22


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Mary Hanafin On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:51


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Katherine Zappone On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:43


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Minister Josepha Madigan On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 5:12


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Joan Burton On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:45


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Jan O'Sullivan On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:45


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Gemma Hussey On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:41


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Frances Fitzgerald On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 5:01


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Minister Catherine Martin On Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 5:03


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

OceanFM Ireland
Helen McEntee on Constance Markievicz and Women in Ireland

OceanFM Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 4:55


Ocean FM celebrates Constance Markievicz, not just for her part in the Easter Rising but as the first woman to serve as a cabinet Minister in our country and indeed in all of europe. Fewer than twenty five women have followed in her footsteps and these serving and former Ministers reflect on her legacy as a woman, campaigner and politician. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. You can listen to the opinions of other current and former female cabinet ministers in Ireland here https://bit.ly/3sOHQDz

Three Castles Burning
Surrey House and the Rathmines Revolutionaries

Three Castles Burning

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 35:18


The Leinster Road home of Constance Markievicz was the de-facto headquarters of revolutionary boyscouts Na Fianna Éireann, an Irish nationalist hijacking of the Baden Powell boyscout ideals. In Unionist Rathmines, Surrey House was a centre of nationalism, Suffrage activism and socialism.

Vite che non sono la tua - Radio3
VITE CHE NON SONO LA TUA - Constance Markievicz

Vite che non sono la tua - Radio3

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 30:00


Vite che non sono la tua - "Mother Ireland, quattro donne che hanno fatto l'Irlanda" di Paola De Angelis

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Clare FM - Podcasts
Bringing Ireland's History To Life

Clare FM - Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 7:09


Wouldn't it be amazing to go back in time? Well now you can, kind of, thanks to a new project by Professor John Breslin from the College of Science and Engineering at NUI Galway. Through his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts titled “Old Ireland In Colour” (@irelandincolour), he is colourising black and white historical photos from the late 19th and early 20th century in Ireland, with simply stunning results. The likes of Michael Collins, Constance Markievicz, W.B. Yeats Peig Sayers are among those featured in John's striking enhancements, along with 19th Century photos from Clare.

Encyclopedia Womannica
Warriors: Constance Markievicz

Encyclopedia Womannica

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 4:34


Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know -- but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Pioneers, Dreamers, Villainesses, STEMinists, Warriors & Social Justice Warriors, and many more. Encyclopedia Womannica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.Encyclopedia Womannica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Cinthia Pimentel, and Grace Lynch. Special thanks to Shira Atkins, Edie Allard, and Luisa Garbowit. Theme music by Andi Kristins.Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitter

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Irish History Podcast
Muriel McSwiney: A Forgotten Revolutionary

Irish History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 31:33


Muriel McSwiney is a fascinating if tragic and forgotten figure in Irish history. Born in 1892 into one of Cork's wealthiest families, she rejected the privilege this life offered her. She first became a radical republican playing a key role in the War of Independence before becoming a communist in the 1920s. This podcast tells her story.--------------------------------------------------------------I have just released a set of unique metal and enamel badges depicting some of the key figures in Irish history over the last 1000 years. They includeBrian BoruDermot MacMurroughHugh O'NeillGrace O'MalleyMichael DavittConstance MarkieviczGet yours today at www.irishhistorypodcast.ie/shop  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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The Royal Irish Academy
'Two girls in silk kimonos': the Gore-Booth sisters, childhood and political development'

The Royal Irish Academy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 34:04


Library Lunchtime Lecture by Dr Sonja Tiernan, Associate Professor of Modern History and Head of Department of History and Politics at Liverpool Hope University. The first lecture in our series 'Sisters' celebrating the lives and achievements of five families of sisters who have made their mark on Irish life. series celebrating sisterhood and specifically the lives and achievements of five families of sisters who made their mark on Irish life. Location: Academy House. Date: Wednesday 13 March, 2019. Speaker: Sonja Tiernan is an Associate Professor of Modern History and Head of Department of History and Politics at Liverpool Hope University. Sonja has held fellowships at the National Library of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, Keogh-Naughton Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame and at the School of Irish Studies at Concordia University. Sonja has published extensively on modern Irish women's history. Her most recent publication Eva Gore-Booth: Collected Poems (2018) includes a foreword by President Michael D. Higgins; Sonja's other books include the biography of Eva Gore-Booth (2012) and a volume of Eva Gore-Booth's political writings (2015) as well as articles on Constance Markievicz. Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has prepared this content responsibly and carefully, but disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials. The views expressed are the authors' own and not those of the Royal Irish Academy.

RTÉ - The History Show
Full History Show Podcast - 10th Feb 2019

RTÉ - The History Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2019 48:14


Subjects include the Common Travel Area; the Liffey Ferry; the prison letters of Constance Markievicz; and a story of Irish Military Intelligence during WW2.

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RTÉ - The History Show
Constance Markievicz - Prison Letters

RTÉ - The History Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2019 11:12


Lindie Naughton joins Myles to discuss her book 'Markievicz: Prison Letters and Rebel Writings'.

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Standard Issue Podcast
SIM Ep 191 Pod 58: Pioneering women, period poverty and predictions

Standard Issue Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 53:22


We've another new podcast for you and this week is a corker. Hannah talks to Dr Lauren Arrington from the University of Liverpool about Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to the Houses of Parliament, 100 years ago this month. Jen meets Gabby Edlin of Bloody Good Period to chat period poverty and how we can all help women and girls over the festive period. And Mickey can't stop thinking about a shaved Boris Johnson in The Bush Telegraph. Plus there's awards news in Jenny Off the Blocks and more benevolent robots in Dunleavy Does Disney. Tuck in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gallus Girls and Wayward Women
Episode 20: Constance Markiewicz - The Rebel Countess

Gallus Girls and Wayward Women

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 88:24


When American-born English socialite Nancy Astor entered the House of Commons on 1 December 1919, she became the first female MP in British history to take a seat in parliament. But although Nancy was the first woman to take her seat, she wasn't the first to be elected. That was achieved the year before by one Constance Markievicz. Born into County Sligo aristocracy, married into Polish royalty and immortalised by W.B. Yeats in poetry, Constance would at one point be condemned to death for "waging war against the King" . While detained in Holloway Prison for her part in the Easter Uprising of 1916, she ran her campaign for Parliament, and won.However, as a member of Sinn Fein, she disqualified herself by refusing to swear allegiance to the British crown. She would dedicate the rest of her life fighting for Irish independence. Opening music by Stefan Kartenburg, featuring Dimitri Artmenko on strings, and it's from dig.ccMixter.  All other music used in the show is from copyright free music sites.

Remember That Time: An Historical Podcast
Constance Markievicz and Eva Gore-Booth

Remember That Time: An Historical Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 65:22


This week, Amanda tells Anna all about Constance Markievicz and Eva Gore-Booth, Irish revolutionaries. An uprising, a confusing marriage, and a poet in love with no chance.

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Días de ruta
S02E06: Irlanda

Días de ruta

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 57:37


Días de ruta es un podcast de viajes y destinos. Con la conducción de Manuel Rodríguez y Facundo Re. En el sexto episodio de la segunda temporada viajamos a Irlanda. Te contamos por qué el país está dividido, hablamos de su importante tradición literaria y rescatamos la increíble historia del día en que se libró una batalla por los derechos de autor de un libro. En la biografía, Constance Markievicz, revolucionaria y nacionalista que lo dejó todo por la independencia de su país. Además, escuchamos la mejor música irlandesa, y Manu nos trae las mejores apps para hacer turismo aventura.

The Forum
Votes for Women: the Global Story

The Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 40:28


It was exactly a hundred years ago that women in the UK won the right to vote: though at first it was only for property owning women over thirty. But Britain wasn't the trail blazer. Seven countries were ahead of it including two of its colonies. So what were the deciding factors? Was it the changing circumstances created by wars and the collapse of Empires? Or was it the suffragettes' sometimes violent tactics? And why did Switzerland take as long as 1971 to enfranchise women? Joining Bridget Kendall to look at the global story of how women got the vote is the Indian social scientist Nikita Sud, Jad Adams the author of “Women and the Vote”, and Lindie Naughton the biographer of the first woman elected to the British parliament Constance Markievicz. Photo: Women voting (Reuters)

Stuff You Missed in History Class
Constance Markievicz

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 41:44


Born Constance Georgine Gore-Booth to a wealthy Protestant family, Constance Markievicz made a somewhat surprising transition to become a leader in the Irish Nationalist movement. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Dead Ladies Show Podcast
Episode 06 - Constance Markievicz

Dead Ladies Show Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2018 34:11


The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire tells us about Constance Markievicz. She was an Irish revolutionary, suffragette, and socialist, and the first woman elected to the British parliament (although she never attended). From a landowning background, she became a landscape painter and socialized with Dublin's intellectuals before joining Sinn Féin and the Daughters of Ireland, attending her first meeting in a ball-gown and tiara. Later, though, she advised women to “dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank and buy a revolver.” Markievicz fought in the 1916 Easter Rising, narrowly escaping a death sentence, and became the first woman cabinet minister in the Irish Republic. See pictures and more at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/02/22/podcast-6-constance-markievicz/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

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Great Lives
Andrea Catherwood on Constance Markievicz

Great Lives

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 28:30


Constance Markievicz led an amazing life - a leading figure during the Easter Rising of 1916, she was the first woman elected to Westminster though she never took her seat. Markievicz was born into a wealthy anglo-Irish family and gained her exotic surname from marriage to a Polish count. She was adventurous, flamboyant, committed to woman's rights, court-martialled and nearly shot. Nominating her is Andrea Catherwood, ex-ITN correspondent who made her first documentary for Radio 4. Alongside her in the studio is Lindie Naughton, author of Markievicz - A Most Outrageous Rebel. Matthew Parris presents, the producer in Bristol is Miles Warde.

Episodes - Yesterladies
Constance Markievicz: Irish Firebrand!!

Episodes - Yesterladies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2017


Constance Markievicz might have been born into aristocracy and privilege (and then married a Polish aristocrat...), but she had an unexpected burning passion for the plight of the Irish working class and the cause of Irish Nationalism. And that passion led her to load herself down with as many guns as she could find and take to the streets with her Republican comrades! It also led her to British Parliament, via a prison cell... Further Reading:Constance Markievicz Facts (YourDictionary.com)Constance Markievicz: A Self-Portrait? (Huffington Post)Constance Markievicz (Rejected Princesses)Countess Constance Markievicz (Easter 1916)Y.B. Yeats poem (Poetry Foundation)

Such Nasty Women
Episode 14 - Constance Markievicz

Such Nasty Women

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2017 31:29


In this week's first episode, Savannah and Jessica continue their women's history month series, start an Ireland series in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, and lose their ever-loving minds. Maybe they drank too much Jameson, maybe Jessica had too much Sudafed, who's to say? Savannah does manage to give some details of the exciting life of Constance Markievicz, known for pretending to be noble and buying short skirts and revolvers.

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Speeches by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins
Speech By President Michael D. Higgins On Eva Gore - Booth

Speeches by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2016 55:00


On Friday 14th October, President Michael D. Higgins paid a 1-day visit to London, to deliver a keynote address on the life and achievements of Eva Gore-Booth. The President’s address, entitled “The Importance of Eva Gore-Booth’s Radical Vision in the Dramatic Historical Events in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries”, was delivered at the Congress Hall in Central London. In his speech, the President sought to 'redress the oblivion of history' by reflecting on the remarkable, yet often overlooked, contributions by Eva Gore-Booth not only to the fight for Irish freedom but, together with Esther Roper, for the rights of powerless and disenfranchised sections of society in Britain. He also addressed role of Eva Gore-Booth in organising women workers in Manchester and in the textile industry, in the franchise for women movement, and her relationship to the events of 1916and her sister Constance Markievicz.

Athena Media - Podcast Directory
Citizens:Lockout 1913 to 2013. Episode 4 Defeat.

Athena Media - Podcast Directory

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2013 52:31


By the end of January 1914 the Lockout ended with a decisive and crushing victory for the employers. Many leave Dublin to seek work in English cities and the striking girls and women from Jacobs are worst off. Most do not get work again and those that do are not allowed back until April. Actor Ronnie McCann voices James Connollys prophetic words, Dublin is isolated, and we hear from Connollys great grandson James Connolly Heron and from Larkins great grandchildren, Jim and Aoife Breslin. Historians Emmet O Connor, Padraig Yeates, Theresa Moriarty, Ann Mathews and Diarmaid Ferriter vividly describe events while author Ruth Dudley Edwards, a biographer of Connolly assesses the leadership of Connolly, Larkin and Constance Markievicz.

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1913 Lockout - Unfinished Business - Podcast Series
1913 Lockout - Unfinished Business - Episode 2 - Women of 1913

1913 Lockout - Unfinished Business - Podcast Series

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2013 29:28


The second episode of the 1913 Unfinished Business series on the centenary of the Lockout explores the role women played in the labour conflict. We speak to Dr. Ann Matthews - historian, author and now playwright - about her play 'Lockout', which runs from April 15th to 20th in the New Theatre in Temple Bar. The drama aims to bring the story of the working-class women of 1913, often peripherised in historical accounts. The podcast looks at women's roles in the Irish society of the 19th century and how this shaped their position in 1913. Fiona Dunkin interviews the president of the Women's History Association of Ireland, Dr. Mary McAuliffe, who talks about women in the Ireland of the 20th century and their role in the strike. We remember one of the most well-known figures of early twentieth century nationalism, socialism and republicanism in Ireland, Constance Markievicz, examining some of the better and lesser known roles she played in the development of the Lockout. The show rounds off with a segment from the Feminist Walking Tour recorded at Liberty Hall covering the Irish Women Workers' Union. Contributors: Moira Murphy, Fiona Dunkin, Pádraig Madden, Rónán Burtenshaw, Jen O Laoire. Produced by: Thom McDermott and Barra Hamilton. Thanks to: Siobhán Clancy and the organisers of the Feminist Walking Tour.

Wolfson College Humanities Society
Dr Lauren Arrington: Art, Empire, and Revolution: the Lives of Constance and Casimir Markievicz

Wolfson College Humanities Society

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2013 41:42


Constance Markievicz (nee Gore-Booth, 1868-1927), was born to the privileged Protestant upper class in the west of Ireland. She embraced suffrage and then scandal as she left the Slade School of Art in London for a bohemian life in a Parisian atelier. There she met Casimir Dunin Markievicz (1874-1932), becoming part of a local avant-garde, which had the painter and mystic, George Russell (AE) at its centre. The Markievices took a prominent role in anti-imperial debates that not only related to Constance’s home country but also Casimir’s native Poland during World War One and to the post –War Irish republican movement.