Feb. 4, 2022
OTD: Birth of Constance Markievicz - 1868
Constance Markievicz (1868 - 1927) was born in London on February 4th, 1868. She was born Constance Gore-Booth and is often called Countess Markievicz by virtue of her 1900 marriage to Count Casimir Markievicz whose claims to title and nobility are a matter of debate.
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While Markievicz may have been the child of Anglo-Irish privilege, her politics leaned radical, socialist and feminist. She is notable for her active participation in the 1916 rising, and for being the first woman to serve in a ministerial capacity in both the Irish government and in a European context.
Outbreak of the Economic War: June 30, 1932
Irish Independent, July 1, 1932, with headline story on Anglo-Irish economic tensions
Background to the Anglo-Irish Trade WarWhile the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 granted Ireland a measure of independence, many in the newly formed Saorstát &E…
OTD: James Plunkett (1920 - 2003)
James Plunkett, author of Strumpet City, one of the best books on Dublin, was born on 21 May 1920 in the Hibernian metropolis. Strumpet City details the lives of common Dublin folk and their hero, James Larkin. The novel is an excellent fiction…
