Constance, Countess Markievicz

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Standard Name: Markievicz, Constance,,, Countess
Birth Name: Constance Georgina Gore-Booth
Married Name: Constance Georgina Markievicz
Titled: Countess Constance Georgina Markievicz
Nickname: Con
Nickname: Rebel Countess
Nickname: Red Countess
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.
Black and white photograph of Constance, Countess Markievicz, shown from the waist up. She is wearing a military-style double-breasted jacket with a high collar and epaulettes. Her hair is done in a roll in front and a bun behind.

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Theme or Topic Treated in Text Eva Gore-Booth
Even though she described herself as an extreme pacifist,
Lewis, Gifford. Eva Gore-Booth and Esther Roper: A Biography. Pandora Press.
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EGB sympathized with the rebels' desire for independence from British rule. She wrote poems to and about Roger Casement , Francis Sheehy Skeffington ...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Patricia Beer
Here PB moves towards a more personal choice of subject-matter. The title-poem recalls: I was a child who dared not seem / Gloomy . . . . Grief was a poltergeist that would / Not...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Elizabeth Bowen
Vignettes from the past include Countess Markievitch (formerly Constance Gore-Booth ) marching on St Stephen's Green, and the hotel sinking into chaos when the staff went on strike during the Civil War.
Glendinning, Victoria. Elizabeth Bowen. Alfred A. Knopf.
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