Constance Markievicz: Irish Firebrand!!
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English - March 17, 2017 10:00 - 24.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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)