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Townsend Street, D2
(Markievicz Leisure Centre)

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)

Elizabeth McLaughlin
1998

Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath / Constance Markievicz

Description

Statue of Countess Markievicz and her dog Poppet.

Inscription(s)

Countess
CONSTANCE MARKIEVICZ

Sculptor

Elizabeth McLaughlin, Irish sculptor from Ballygowan.

Sources & Information

Neal Doherty, The Complete Guide to the Statues and Sculptures of Dublin City (Blackrock: Orpen Press, 2015), no. B51.
Come here to me!, Statues of Dublin: Constance Markiewicz and Poppet, Tara Street.
Wikipedia, List of public art in Dublin.

Locatie (N 53°20'45" - W 6°15'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie054; Photograph: 11 June 2014
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