Sinn Féin

KT also discusses here the poor working and living conditions she found in Dublin in 1911. In other chapters she describes the rural Irish lifestyle, a way of life to which she had to adjust...

This remained the only one of her novels to deal with the troubles in Ireland. It is set in June 1921, a month in which the prospect of an Irish Free State was growing but...

The play's title is a near-translation of the phrase Sinn Féin (we ourselves, name of the political party committed to ending British rule in Ireland). AD emphasises the relationship between the political and...

The principal participants were CCM , Helena Molony , and Bulmer Hobson (Constance's husband was in the Ukraine). They held Fianna camps there, and commuted back into Dublin for Sinn Féin and Inghinidhe na hEireann

Next February she wrote to Ethel Smyth that the Black and Tans were worse than Sinn Féin (the Republicans). Smyth, as an Englishwoman, found this hard to believe. When the Republicans took for themselves (virtually...

Constance, Countess Markievicz, joined the women's nationalist group Inghinidhe na hEireann (Daughters of Ireland ), founded by Maud Gonne in 1900. She joined Sinn Féin , too, this year.

Constance, Countess Markievicz, was elected to the executive of Sinn Féin , newly reorganized by Eamon De Valera .

Constance, Countess Markievicz, was arrested along with other Sinn Féin leaders (including Maud Gonne ) on the pretext of a German Plot, and imprisoned in Holloway Jail ; she was not released until 10 March 1919.

Standing from prison for the constituency of St Patrick's, Dublin, Constance, Countess Markievicz, became the first woman elected to the British Parliament ; but, following Sinn Féin policy, she did not take her seat at Westminster.

Constance, Countess Markievicz, resigned as President of Cumann na mBan (the women's council of the Irish Volunteers ) in order to join Fianna Fail (Soldiers of Destiny ), a party formed by Eamon De Valera

She was also elected to the committee that produced the new Inine journal Bean na h-Eireann (meaning woman of Ireland).She was introduced to the Inine group by Helena Molony , an activist who met...

CCM held training camps for the boys (initially at her home) at which, with Helena Molony and others, she gave them lessons in Gaelic, drills, and firearm handling. The new group was criticized by Arthur Griffith

Despite her focus on the ICA, CCM maintained a passionate involvement with many (sometimes conflicting) groups, such as Sinn Féin , the Irish Republican Brotherhood , and the Irish Volunteers .

About half of the seventy-three Sinn Fein members who were elected were still imprisoned. Sinn Féin boycotted the House of Commons and formed the republican parliament Dail Eireann in Dublin.

CD resigned from Sinn Fein .