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	::Countess Markievicz::
		Born in 1868 as Constance Gore-Booth, Countess Markievicz was sentenced to death for her part in the Easter Uprising but had the sentence commuted to life imprisonment on account of her gender.
		Countess Markievicz was born in London into a wealthy family that had a large estate in County Sligo.
		In 1911, the Countess was jailed for the first time for her part in the demonstrations that took place against the visit of George V. In the lock-out of 1913, she ran a soup kitchen to aid those who who could not afford food.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /countess_markievicz.htm (1181 words)

	Multitext - Countess Constance Markievicz
		Markievicz expressed her dissatisfaction with this kind of life ‘nature should provide me with something to live for, something to die for’.
		In 1911 Markievicz was arrested when she took part in a demonstration against the visit of King George V to Ireland.
		Markievicz became the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament, but in accordance with Sinn Féin policy she did not take her seat.
	multitext.ucc.ie /d/Countess_Constance_Markievicz (1374 words)

	Constance Markievicz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Markievicz was a revolutionary socialist and leading figure in the Irish Republican movement during the critical years of the early 20th century.
		Markievicz - now married to a Polish count involved in the revival of Gaelic culture - began to see how the struggle for women's equality had to be connected to the movement for Irish independence.
		Countess Markievicz is still revered today and her name abounds, the Sinn Féin Cumann in Sligo is named after her as is the Gaelic football park, there is also The Countess Markievicz Memorial Lecture 2006 at Galway University, a fantastic full size bronze was unveiled in 2003 in Rathcormac, close to the the famous Lissadell....
	hubpages.com /hub/Constance_Markievicz?...&utm_medium=rss (1895 words)

	Welcome to Edward T. O'Donnell's Site
		The story of Countess Markievicz is surely one of the most intriguing in the long history of Irish nationalism.
		In 1903 the Countess and her husband moved to Dublin and became deeply involved in the thriving cultural scene there.
		Countess Markievicz, daughter of the Ascendancy, was never the same again.
	www.edwardtodonnell.com /hibchronmarkievitz.html (1002 words)

	Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News article
		Markievicz aligned herself with the left wing Irish Citizens Army, formed by James Connolly, during the Dublin lock-out strike in 1913.
		Markievicz had also been found guilty of treason and condemned to be executed, but her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and she was transferred to Aylesbury prison.
		Markievicz was re-elected in 1921, once again from prison, and released following a truce with the British to take up her position again as minister of labour.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/irish_news/arts2003/apr23_aristocrat.php (1046 words)

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		Markievicz was a Catholic, and he was already married, but his wife was back in the Ukraine and seriously ill. In 1899 she died and Casimir and Constance married on Sept.
		When Countess Markievicz was taken to the Republican plot at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin for burial, it was said that as many as 300,000 people turned out on the streets to bid her goodbye.
		Constance Markievicz was a woman who was both born to and then married into wealth and privilege.
	www.ureader.co.uk /message/181875.aspx (1590 words)

	history
		In an article by Major H. Murphy, entitled ''Countess Markievicz" which appeared in An Cosantoir of June 1946 it was stated that Padraig Pearse and Roger Casement were associated with the foundation of the organisation in 1909.
		The Countess told a Unionist friend she hoped to form a boy scout organisation for nationalists and desired to contact a schoolmaster who would be sympathetic.
		Under the guidance of Countess Markievicz, Fianna na hEireann was re-organised in 1924 after the turmoil of the "second defence of the Republic".
	www.fianna.netfirms.com /code/history.html (5014 words)

	Seanad Debates Official Report - 26-10-00
		The countess was also a competent artist and she studied art in London and Paris.
		Because she was such a notable female figure in the history of our democracy, it is essential that the portrait of Countess Markievicz be rehung here in the Houses of the Oireachtas.
		It is most important that we have someone like Countess Markievicz as a role model for other young women and all who are interested in taking on the responsibilities of public office.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-00/s13dec/sect3.htm (4521 words)

	RTE News - Memorial unveiled to Countess Markievicz
		The Minister for Transport, Seamus Brennan, unveiled a memorial to Countess Constance Markievicz in Rathcormac, County Sligo this afternoon.
		Countess Markievicz (1868- 1927) fought in the 1916 Rising and was the first woman to be elected to a British Parliament.
		Countess Markievicz, who was married to a Polish Count, campaigned for womens' rights and ran soup kitchens during the 1913 lock-out.
	www.rte.ie /news/2003/0421/Markievicz.html (280 words)

	Ireland's OWN: Women Freedom Fighters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Markievicz, already a member of Sinn Féin, recalls Arthur Griffith's reaction when she raised the idea of a national boy-scout movement.
		Easter Rising in April 1916, Constance Markievicz was appointed second in command to Michael Mallin in St Stephen's Green.
		Then in 1918, Constance Markievicz was elected the first woman MP while she was still incarcerated in Holloway Jail; and in 1923 she was elected Minister of Labour the Dáil.
	www.irelandsown.net /markievicz.html (973 words)

	Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Markiewiczs settled in Dublin in 1903 and moved in artistic and literary circles, the Countess gaining a reputation for herself as a landscape painter.
		The Countess was released from prison in 1917, along with others involved in the Uprising, as the government in London granted a General Amnesty for those involved in the Easter Rising.
		Countess Markiewicz joined her colleagues assembled in Dublin as the first incarnation of Dáil Éireann, the unilaterally-declared Parliament of the Irish Republic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Countess_Markievicz (1674 words)

	Senator Mary Henry - Speech
		I said I would find a suitable portrait when the group of women decided Countess Markievicz is the woman whose portrait we would like to have hanging in the House, and I did.
		Countess Markievicz was born Constance Gore-Booth in 1868.
		In 1993, the National Gallery temporarily lent the painting to the Seanad to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the countess's election to the House of Commons.
	homepage.eircom.net /~maryhenry/debates/adjourn/13dec00a.htm (1996 words)

	Countess Constance Markievicz
		Portrait of Markievicz by B. ankowski, painted in 1901 while she was living in Paris.
		Countess Constance Markievicz in uniform, kneeling against a studio prop holding a gun, studio full-length portrait c.
		Countess Markievicz with W. Cosgrave and E. Keane during Kilkenny elections.
	multitext.ucc.ie /viewgallery/1331 (470 words)

	The Irish Citizen Army : Labour clenches its fist!
		It is all the more remarkable that Markievicz, coming from such a comfortable existence, would, while in her forties, throw herself into the struggle of the Irish working class against their employers and the Irish people against their British rulers.
		This was not the case with all the Citizen Army though, Constance Markievicz had quite cordial relations with the Volunteers and most of the rank and file of both organisations got on quite well.
		On June 18th 1917 Constance Markievicz had been released from prison and a troop of the Citizen Army, headed by the new Commandant, James O'Neill, marched to Westland Row station to meet her.
	struggle.ws /cc1913/ica.html (7547 words)

	Constance Markievicz: The Countess of Irish Freedom
		Markievicz was a Catholic, and he was already married, but his wife was back in the Ukraine and seriously ill. In 1899 she died and Casimir and Constance married on Sept. 29, 1901; Constance Gore-Booth was now the Countess Markievicz.
		Constance Markievicz was born in London, James Connolly in Scotland, and Eamon de Valera in New York City.
		As the war began, Constance was in the center of the pressure cooker of social and political upheaval that was building in Dublin.
	www.thewildgeese.com /pages/ireland.html (2022 words)

	J. McGuffin (1973): Internment - Chapter 6
		COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ was sentenced to death on 9 May 1916 for her part in the rising.
		Clarke, who was in even poorer health, was released, and Countess Markievicz had to wait until 10 March 1919 for her freedom.
		Countess Markievicz herself was to serve four months in Cork jail for 'a seditious speech', and was also sentenced to two years hard labour for her work with the Fianna scouts, ten months of which she served – in Mountjoy.
	www.irishresistancebooks.com /internment/intern6.htm (1920 words)

	national youth groups : Ireland Na Fianna Éireann
		The Countess was the offspring of an Anglo-Irish County family--the Gore-Booths’s of Lissadell, Sligo.
		The Countess read a local newspaper article describing a loyalist parade in which 800 Irish boys paraded in front of the King's representative and saluted the Union Jack, the symbol of British rule in Ireland.
		Countess Markievicz was invited and gave a llecture, asking “When will the next time be to strike a blow for Ireland, and will they be ready when that time came?” There were also comcerts, I'm not sure what kind of music was offered.
	histclo.com /youth/youth/org/nat/ire/ni-nfe.htm (3410 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Northern Ireland \| Joint bid to save 'stately home'
		Countess Markievicz was the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament
		The house was the childhood home of Countess Markievicz, who was the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament, although she never took her seat.
		Yeats and Markievicz were prominent figures in the revival of Gaelic literature and arts at the turn of the last century.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3096933.stm (413 words)

	Constance Markievicz: The Polish Connection--From WGT
		Although often referred to as "the Countess" or "Countess Markievicz," the term she most preferred was "Madame," a name bestowed on her by the deprived and destitute of Dublin, whom she served so well.
		The memorial, which cost more than $100,000, is a project that was conceived and initiated for the millennium, which followed the 80th anniversary of her appointment to the first Dail.
		Markievicz was the first woman MP in the British Isles, and, as the revolutionary Irish government's Minister of Labour, she was the first woman cabinet minister in the world.
	www.thewildgeese.com /pages/markpol.html (1588 words)

	Countess Markievicz
		Lieutenant Countess Constance Georgina Gore-Booth Markievicz began life as the strikingly beautiful older daughter of Henry and Georgina Gore-Booth, wealthy Ascendancy landlords from Sligo, in the north of Ireland.
		She was the belle of the society balls, and in 1900, at age 32, Constance married Count Casimir Markievicz, at the insistence of her parents and the Count himself.
		In the Easter Rising of 1916, Con (now Lieutenant Markievicz of the Irish Republican Army) held St. Stephen's Green in Dublin until she was ordered by her commanders to deliver the surrender to the British.
	www.angelfire.com /on/maevem/marki.html (667 words)

	leaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Countess Constance Markievicz was born into the wealthy protestant Gore Booth family.
		She married a Polish Count Casimir Dunin Markievicz, but this marriage was not a success.
		James Connolly made her an officer in the ICA and she fought during the rising in St. Stephen's Green and in the Royal College of Surgeons.
	www.teachnet.ie /eorourke/leaders.htm (716 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Constance Gore-Booth, who later as Countess Markievicz played an active, armed role in the Easter rebellion, grew up there with her sister, Eva, a poet and staunch supporter of the Suffragette movement.
		They were a formidable pair: While her sister was fighting for women’s rights, the countess was the first woman to be elected to Westminster for Sinn Fein, although she refused to take her seat.
		Its importance lies essentially with the life of Countess Markievicz, who renounced her aristocratic ancestry to help the poor and fight for independence.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030610/asp/foreign/story_2053621.asp (558 words)

	United Arts Club - The Markievicz Medal
		Named after one of the Clubs founders, Constance Gore-Booth, Countess Markievicz, the Gold Medal and Prize Fund was inaugurated to encourage young Irish Artists who have yet to make their mark.
		This year’s Markievicz Gold Medal for aspiring artists and a prize of 1,700 was won by Catherine Griffiths, Bandon Co Cork, for her painting “Obsession and Murder”.
		The work was inspired by the murder scene of French socialite Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Schull, West Cork, in 1996 and depicts her cottage and the lane in which her body was found.
	www.dublinarts.com /mprize.htm (327 words)

	Countess
		Set in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Ireland, the tale charts the life of a remarkable figure who was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons.
		She later became active in politics and was imprisoned after playing a key role in the Dublin Easter Rising of 1916.
		In association with the newly reopened Broadway Theatre in Catford (formerly Lewisham Theatre), Máire has created a theatrical interpretation of Countess Markievicz using Irish Dance, physical theatre, narration, slide projection and recordings of evocative Irish music, contemporary and traditional.
	www.celticcafe.com /archive/Shows/Countess/index.htm (232 words)

	Welcome to A History of Female Apartheid
		She fought alongside men during the Easter Rising but was--and is--regarded with ambivalence, and has been accused of undue fanaticism for her "causes." But to Dublin's poor, she was a saint--a Joan of Arc.
		Constance and her sister were educated by governesses, not uncommon for girls of their social class, but certainly inadequate for the tasks which lay ahead.
		They gave her work organizing girls' dramatic classes, but she soon was bored and moved on to a class for boys.
	homepage.eircom.net /~kittyhawk/suffrage/Xheros_past_countess.htm (1582 words)

	Joe Mc Donnell
		The prisoner and the Countess of Markievicz came out of a side door of the College.
		The prisoner came forward and viluted and said he wished to surrender and this is the Countess Markievicz.
		Stephen's Green the firing started and the Countess of Markievicz ordered me to take command of the men as I had been so long associated with them.
	www.cgrp.info /mom.htm (1117 words)

	Free Books > Tags > Countess
		Plays: The Father; Countess Julie; The Outlaw; The Stronger by August Strindberg, Trans.
		The Countess de Charny and The Chevalier de Maison Rouge.
		Visit Of The Governor-general And The Countess Of Dufferin To The Six Nation Indians: August 25, 1874 by Jasper Gilkison
	2020ok.com /tags/countess.htm (420 words)

	Sligo Weekender - 2002/11/06: Markievicz exhibition shows her Irish ideals
		Watercolours painted by Countess Constance Markievicz will go on display for the first time in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin today, Tuesday.
		The paintings were created by the Countess while she was imprisoned in Holloway Gaol.
		The Museum originally purchased the paintings in 1936, to exhibit them in an intended 1916 memorial exhibition, however, due to a lack of space they were placed in storage.
	archives.tcm.ie /sligoweekender/2002/11/06/story1657.asp (347 words)

	Sligo Weekender - 2002/11/13: Markievicz paintings make public debut
		A collection of paintings by Countess Constance Markievicz which had been in storage for 65 years will finally be shown together for the first time.
		Like many from privileged backgrounds at the turn of the last century, Countess Markievicz received training in the arts, including painting.
		The paintings on display were created while she was in Holloway Gaol and many were given by the Countess to friends and family upon her release.
	archives.tcm.ie /sligoweekender/2002/11/13/story9742.asp (232 words)

	Women and the Irish Revolution - Indymedia Ireland
		In the 90th Anniversary year of the Easter Rising Dublin Sinn Féin have organised a Countess Markievicz Memorial Debate to honour the role of Women in the struggle for Irish Freedom.
		I tnink you are mixing Eva up with her sister Constance (the countess).
		The reason the woman in question is known as Constance Markievcz or Countess Markievicz is that she herself referred to herself in that way.
	www.indymedia.ie /article/75157 (1745 words)

	Easter Rebellion of 1916
		The future Countess Constance Georgine Markieviez was born Constance Gore-Booth in London in 1868.
		In 1918 she was elected to Westminster as a Sinn Fein candidate (technically the first British woman MP), but did not take her seat, instead serving as minister for labour in the first Dil ireann (then the illegal republican parliament) 191922.
		In the winter of 1915, at the request of Constance Markievicz, she smuggled detonators and bomb-making equipment from Scotland to Dublin.
	tomkinney.freewebsitehosting.com /irishhistorylinkseasterrebellion.htm (9197 words)

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