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Julia Grenan (deceased)
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Lesbian
DOB: 2 July 1883
RIP: 6 January 1972
Ethnicity: White - Irish
Occupation: Suffragette, activist, dressmaker
Note: Best known for being one of the three last women to leave the Headquarters during the Easter Rising of 1916.
Queer erasure in Irish History
At the end of the 1916 Easter Rising, the only participants left in the GPO Garrison were the rebel leaders, Elizabeth O’Farrell and her life-long partner, Julia Grenan. The leaders chose O’Farrell to go alone into the battlefield to deliver the surrender to the British HQ, with only a white flag as protection.
A photographer captured the iconic moment of Padraic Pearse and Elizabeth O’Farrell handing over the surrender to the British HQ and an English tabloid published the photo of the surrender. O’Farrell is absent from this published image despite being visible in the original photo. So the tabloid quite literally airbrushed Elizabeth O’Farrell out of history.
This is just one example of a queer person being erased from our history. As iconic as this image is today, the fact that O’Farrell was a lesbian, and Pearse was probably queer, is rarely mentioned. The queerness of these two Irish heroes was airbrushed out of history. But that’s why we have Queer History tours (and blogs) to help solve this problem! Now we can reflect on our story and paint these important figures back into our history.
#OTD in 1957 – Death of nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell. Best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
#OTD in 1957 – Death of nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell. Best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Elizabeth O’Farrell was born in Dublin in November 1884. In 1906 she joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann and along with her lifelong friend Julia Grenan she also joined Cumann na mBan, the women’s branch of the Irish Volunteers. As plans were put in place for the Easter Rising of April 1916, Elizabeth and Julia were sent around the country as couriers delivering important information. When the…
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#OTD in 1957 – Death of nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell. Best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
#OTD in 1957 – Death of nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell. Best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Elizabeth O’Farrell was born in Dublin in November 1884. In 1906 she joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann and along with her lifelong friend Julia Grenan she also joined Cumann na mBan, the women’s branch of the Irish Volunteers. As plans were put in place for the Easter Rising of April 1916, Elizabeth and Julia were sent around the country as couriers delivering important information. When the…
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#OTD in 1957 – Death of nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell. Best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
#OTD in 1957 – Death of nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell. Best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Elizabeth O’Farrell was born in Dublin in November 1884. In 1906 she joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann and along with her lifelong friend Julia Grenan she also joined Cumann na mBan, the women’s branch of the Irish Volunteers.
As plans were put in place for the Easter Rising of April 1916, Elizabeth and Julia were sent around the country as couriers delivering important information.
When the…
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#OTD in 1957 – Death of nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell. Best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
#OTD in 1957 – Death of nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell. Best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Elizabeth O’Farrell was born in Dublin in November 1884. In 1906 she joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann and along with her lifelong friend Julia Grenan she also joined Cumann na mBan, the women’s branch of the Irish Volunteers.
As plans were put in place for the Easter Rising of April 1916, Elizabeth and Julia were sent around the country as couriers delivering important information.
When the…
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julia grenan was buried at glasnevin with her faithful comrade and lifelong friend elizabeth o'farrell :)
