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[jonberkeley]

Today’s birthday: Constance Markievicz. This formidable woman, born 153 years ago today, was a painter, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist and socialist. She was sentenced to death for her part in the 1916 Easter rising. Her sentence was commuted, and she became the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament. She was later elected Minister for Labour in the First Dáil, becoming the first female cabinet minister in Europe. Well, you have to do something with your allotted time, I suppose. . . #1916rising #irishrepublic #oilportrait #painting #limitededitionprints #artprints #suffragette #countessmarkievicz #illo https://www.instagram.com/p/CK4klqiChfs/?igshid=1kqgqd1exsrzo

[jonberkeley]

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

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[mindsemantics]

Crown alley.. #Dublin #Ireland #streetart #graffiti #colors #art #street #instatravel #instadaily #irishrepublic #capitalcity #vintage #europe #sky #summer2016 #gypsyqdiaries #wishyouwerehere #xoxo

[irishcultureinspires]

The Easter Rising 1916

The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in World War I. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798, and the first armed action of the Irish revolutionary period.

Organised by seven members of the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Rising began on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, and lasted for six days. Members of the Irish Volunteers — led by schoolmaster and Irish language activist Patrick Pearse, joined by the smaller Irish Citizen Army of James Connolly and 200 women of Cumann na mBan — seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic. The British Army brought in thousands of reinforcements as well as artillery and a gunboat. There was fierce street fighting on the routes into the city centre, where the rebels put up stiff resistance, slowing the British advance and inflicting heavy casualties. Elsewhere in Dublin, the fighting mainly consisted of sniping and long-range gun battles. The main rebel positions were gradually surrounded and bombarded with artillery. There were isolated actions in other parts of Ireland, with attacks on the Royal Irish Constabulary barracks at Ashbourne, County Meath and in County Galway, and the seizure of the town of Enniscorthy, County Wexford. Due to a last-minute countermand by Volunteer leader Eoin MacNeill, the number of rebels who mobilised was much lower than expected.

With much greater numbers and heavier weapons, the British Army suppressed the Rising, and Pearse agreed to an unconditional surrender on Saturday 29 April. After the surrender the country remained under martial law. About 3,500 people were taken prisoner by the British, many of whom had played no part in the Rising, and 1,800 of them were sent to internment camps or prisons in Britain. Most of the leaders of the Rising were executed following courts-martial. The Rising brought physical force republicanism back to the forefront of Irish politics, which for nearly 50 years had been dominated by constitutional nationalism. It, and the British reaction to it, led to increased popular support for Irish independence. In December 1918, republicans, represented by the reconstituted Sinn Féin party, won a landslide victory in the general election to the British Parliament. They did not take their seats, but instead convened the First Dáil and declared the independence of the Irish Republic, which led to the War of Independence.

Almost 500 people were killed in the Easter Rising. About 54% were civilians, 30% were British military and police, and 16% were Irish rebels. More than 2,600 were wounded. Many of the civilians were killed as a result of the British using artillery and heavy machine guns, or mistaking civilians for rebels. Others were caught in the crossfire in a crowded city. The shelling and the fires it caused left parts of inner city Dublin in ruins.

[ainesflynn]

Michael Collins #michaelcollins #1916 #1916rising #1916centenary #1916easterrising #easterrising #photooftheday #photography #medals #irishrepublic #therebels #therising #ireland #irishhistory #irish #history #historynerd #remember #rememberthepast (at Blackbird, Ballycotton)

[somsungiex]

We don't talk about Kain nor do we talk about Ireland as a disney princess