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https://www.europesays.com/ie/465224/ Martin Fraser bags Ambassador of the Year award, making him the diplomats’ diplomat – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #ConstanceMarkievicz #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #GazaStrip #Headlines #IE #Ireland #IvanaBacik #JimO'Callaghan #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MalcolmByrne #MartinFraser #MichealMartin #News #TopStories #TopStories #UnitedNationsUn #VeronaMurphy
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During the famine of 1879–80, Sir Henry provided free food for the tenants on his estate at Lissadell House in the north of County Sligo in the north-west of Ireland. Their father's example inspired in Gore-Booth and her younger sister, Eva Gore-Booth, a deep concern for working people and the poor. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #ConstanceMarkievicz #Sligo #London #OnThisDay
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Constance Georgine Markievicz (née Gore-Booth) was born at Buckingham Gate in London on 4th February 1868, the elder daughter of the Arctic explorer and adventurer Sir Henry Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet, an Anglo-Irish landlord who administered a large estate in Sligo, and Georgina, Lady Gore-Booth, née Hill. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #ConstanceMarkievicz #Sligo #London #OnThisDay
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On 28 December 1918 Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
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On 14th December 1918 the election in Ireland saw Sinn Féin win 73 of the 105 seats contested in the general election in Ireland. Constance Markievicz, then imprisoned in Holloway Prison in England, was the first woman elected to Westminster. Sinn Féin refused to take up their seats in Westminster.
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On 2nd April 1919 Constance Markievicz was appointed Minister for Labour in the First Dáil. She became both the first Irish female Cabinet Minister and, at the same time, only the second female government minister in Europe. She was the only female cabinet minister in Irish history until 1979.
#Ireland #IrishHistory #ConstanceMarkievicz #IrishWarOfIndependence #OnThisDay
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Next #ConstanceMarkievicz at the People’s History Museum. A woman ahead of her time. I love this quote from her.
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During the famine of 1879–80, Sir Henry provided free food for the tenants on his estate at Lissadell House in the north of County Sligo in the north-west of Ireland. Their father's example inspired in Gore-Booth and her younger sister, Eva Gore-Booth, a deep concern for working people and the poor. 2/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #ConstanceMarkievicz #Sligo #London #OnThisDay
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Constance Georgine Markievicz (née Gore-Booth) was born at Buckingham Gate in London on 4th February 1868, the elder daughter of the Arctic explorer and adventurer Sir Henry Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet, an Anglo-Irish landlord who administered a large estate in Sligo, and Georgina, Lady Gore-Booth, née Hill. 1/2
#Ireland #IrishHistory #ConstanceMarkievicz #Sligo #London #OnThisDay
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On 14th December 1918 the election in Ireland saw Sinn Féin win 73 of the 105 seats contested in the general election in Ireland. Constance Markievicz, then imprisoned in Holloway Prison in England, was the first woman elected to Westminster. Sinn Féin refused to take up their seats in Westminster.
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Refresher on this meme which is going around again: one of the convicted criminals who previously ran for President was #EugeneDebs, convicted for crimes related to labour organising and then for a 10 year term for giving an anti-war speech in 1918.
Felons should vote and felons should run for election.
In the UK, I can think of two prisoners who were elected as MPs during their time in prison: #BobbySands and #ConstanceMarkievicz, the latter being the first woman ever elected as an MP.
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During the famine of 1879–80, Sir Henry provided free food for the tenants on his estate at Lissadell House in the north of County Sligo in the north-west of Ireland. Their father's example inspired in Gore-Booth and her younger sister, Eva Gore-Booth, a deep concern for working people and the poor. 2/2
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Constance Georgine Markievicz (née Gore-Booth) was born at Buckingham Gate in London on 4th February 1868, the elder daughter of the Arctic explorer and adventurer Sir Henry Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet, an Anglo-Irish landlord who administered a large estate in Sligo, and Georgina, Lady Gore-Booth, née Hill. 1/2
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On 28th December 1918 Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, standing for Sinn Féin became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons. She had pledged not to take her seat.
Photo: Constance Markievicz lapel badge printed for the 1918 general election Credit: National Library of Ireland
#Ireland #IrishHistory #ConstanceMarkievicz #SinnFéin #HouseOfCommons #HollowayPrison
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On 14th December 1918 the election in Ireland saw Sinn Féin win 73 of the 105 seats contested in the general election in Ireland. Constance Markievicz, then imprisoned in Holloway Prison in England, was the first woman elected to Westminster. Sinn Féin refused to take up their seats in Westminster.