Constance Markievicz mug-shot
Constance Markievicz 'mug shot' on her arrest following the Easter Rising of 1916.
Courtesy of www.sligoheritage.comConstance Markievicz mug-shot
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Constance Markievicz mug-shot
Constance Markievicz 'mug shot' on her arrest following the Easter Rising of 1916.
Courtesy of www.sligoheritage.comAfter the 1916 Rising, Constance was imprisoned in Kilmainham Jail in Dublin. She and all the leaders were sentenced to death by a firing squad. In her cell in Kilmainham Jail, she listened to the rifle shots as the leaders were executed. She was saved because of her gender. Instead, she was sentenced to life imprisonment and transferred to Aylesbury Jail in England. There she remained until all prisoners of the Easter Rebellion were released in June 1917. She returned to a changed Ireland.
Constance on release.
Constance driving to a meeting in O'Connell St. Dublin following the amnesty of 1917.
Copyright RTÉ Stills LibraryConstance on release.
Copyright RTÉ Stills Library
Copyright RTÉ Stills Library
Constance on release.
Constance driving to a meeting in O'Connell St. Dublin following the amnesty of 1917.
Copyright RTÉ Stills LibraryDuring the last 10 years of her life, Constance spent time in Kilmainham Jail, Cork Jail and Mountjoy Jail in Ireland. She spent time in Aylesbury Jail and Holloway Jail
Holloway Jail in England
Constance Markievicz was in solitary confinement in Holloway Jail, England.
Image courtesy of Richard Clark.
Constance's Letters
Extracts from her letters tell us what Constance was thinking and feeling at the time. Read these extracts.
Extracts from Constance Markievicz's letters.
Discussion Time!
- How does Constance sound in these extracts?
- How do you think these letters survived?
- Who might have kept them?
- Do you ever keep letters?