See RTÉs #Election18 tonight will give modern news coverage & analysis of the 1918 Election results…wonder if it’ll include modern reactions & responses of political opponents towards abstentionist MPs?
Just how would Leo & Micheál respond to the “Sinn Féin Election”? #Votail100
On the centenary of the meeting of the first Dáil, we're delighted to present a performance of Amanda Coogan's #FloatsInTheAether here at 2.30pm.
This clip will give you an idea of what to expect, and you can see more here: youtu.be/peX7iHKRISw
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Curated by #CorkCountyLibrary 's #LocalStudies team, 'Making their mark: #Women ’s Road to #Franchise ', is a fantastic exhibition detailing the background to the #suffrage movement in #Ireland & Britain.
On display at #CobhLibrary til Sat. 12th January, it's a must see!
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Letters to #CountessMarkeivicz in Holloway Prison, from which she was elected to Westminster Parliament, the first woman ever elected to Westminster
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#CountessMarkievicz , first woman elected to Westminster Parliament
She declined to take her seat, as she believed that Ireland should be governed from Ireland, not Westminster, and so she became instead the first woman member of Dáil Éireann, the Irish Parliament.
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'I would work for it anywhere, as one of the crying wrongs of the world, that women, because of their sex, should be debarred from any position or any right that their brains entitle them a right to hold' -Constance Markievicz
1st woman TD was born #OnThisDay 1868 #vótáil100
Today 100 years ago Irish women voted for the 1st time. They fought long and hard for this right - let’s honour them today by remembering them with awe and gratitude. We stand on the shoulders of giants. #Votail100 #votesforwomen #1918
For anyone in the #Lisburn area tonight, I'll be giving a talk on my #suffrage research and exhibition 'Print, Protest & the Polls', which is currently on display Irish Linen Centre . The talk starts at 7pm in the museum, and is free to attend! #votáil100 #vote100
100 years ago to the day, Constance Markievicz became the first female MP to ever be elected to the House of Commons. We created special tours focusing on the women who shaped Irish history. The next one will be on Jan 6th for Nollaig na mBan bit.ly/Womens_Tours_2… #Votail100
At #Vótáil100 in the company of legendary #MnánahÉireann fighting for #genderequality in Ireland - #moreworktodo #dontstopbelieving
Today's throwback is to the 2018 exhibition 'Print, Protest, and The Polls: The Irish women’s suffrage campaign and the power of print media, 1908-1918'. #turing25 #letterpress #print #print ingmuseum #suffragette #suffragette s #votail100 #vote100
“I am an Irish women elected to a constituency in Ireland, so as an Irish women who believes that Ireland should be served by its own people, I will not take an oath of allegiance to a British monarch not will I sit in a British parliament.” #votail100
#OnThisDay in 1918 Constance Markievicz became the first female MP to be elected into the House of Commons, on a historic day for women. #Votail100
On this 100 yrs ago, Sinn Féin won a landslide majority in the 1918 election. Sinn Féin stood on a platform of freedom, independence & Irish reunification.
One hundred years later, Sinn Féin continue to fight for a real Republic & an end to partition Mícheál Mac Donncha #Vótáil100
After a week of big steps and celebrations for Irish women with #votail100 and #repealedThe8th , this afternoon’s discussion on women in direct provision, poverty & domestic violence shows we still have lots to learn from our history, past and current #WhyNotAWoman
#Women of The Oireachtas #Vótáil100 ... malliemedia was delighted to inspire and deliver this portrait of the Women of The Oireachtas by Noel Murphy to mark Vótáil100. Miriam O'Callaghan
Look what's arrived! It's the Korean edition of Star by Star by Sheena Wilkinson - the story of Stella and her fight for suffrage in Northern Ireland ✨ Amazing to see an Irish story like this travel so far! #irishwriting #suffrage #suffrage ttes #StarbyStar #votail100
