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Constance Markievicz

Constance Georgine Markievicz, Countess Markievicz (née Gore-Booth)
London 1868 - Dublin 1927
Irish Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil politician, revolutionary nationalist, suffragette and socialist; the first women in the world to hold a cabinet position (Minister for Labour, 1919-1922)
(Wikipedia)

Seamus Murphy
1954 (1932)

Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath / Constance Markievicz

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

CONSTANCE
MARKIEVICZ

major
irish citizen army
1916

Bean chósa a
throid ar son
na hÉireann i
1916

a valliant woman
who fought for
ireland in 1916

Signature

seamus murphy r.h.a. | 1954

Annotation

This 1954 bronze bust by Seamus Murphy, replaces an earlier work which was inexplicably damaged.

Sculptor

Seamus Murphy - S. Ó Murcada (Burnfort near Mallow, Co. Cork 1907 - Cork 1975), Irish sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Neal Doherty, The Complete Guide to the Statues and Sculptures of Dublin City (Blackrock: Orpen Press, 2015), no. B11.
Come here to me!, Statues of Dublin: Constance Markiewicz and Poppet, Tara Street.
Yelp, Bust of Constance Markievicz.
Wikipedia, St. Stephen's Green.
Wikipedia, List of public art in Dublin.

Locatie (N 53°20'16" - W 6°15'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie038; Photograph: 9 June 2014
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