Constance, Countess Markievicz

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CCM , a leader in Ireland's nationalist struggle for independence (and latterly for the unification of independent Ireland), is, and has always been, better known for her appearances in creative works by others than for her own literary production. But during her career she frequently published journal articles and pamphlets; she also kept a diary, and wrote poems, plays, and letters.

Milestones

4 February 1868

Constance Gore-Booth (later Markievicz) was born at 7 Buckingham Gate in London.
Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora.
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1892-1893

While in her twenties, Constance Gore-Booth (later Markievicz) kept a diary of her experiences in Ireland and England. The unpublished text is now at the National Museum in Dublin.
Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora.
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Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess: The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz. Chilton Books.
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15 July 1927

Constance, Countess Markievicz, died in Dublin of peritonitis.
Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora.
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Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess: The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz. Chilton Books.
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Biography

CCM was known as the Rebel Countess and the Red Countess for her heavy involvement with nationalist and labour movements in Ireland.
Coxhead, Elizabeth. Daughters of Erin: Five Women of the Irish Renascence. Secker and Warburg.
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Gore-Booth, Eva et al. “Biographical Sketch”. Prison Letters of Countess Markievicz, edited by Esther Roper, Kraus, pp. 1-123.
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Birth and Background