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Growing Calls For Countess Markievicz Statue

By Gary Brennan
11 hours ago
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Countess Markievicz

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Pressure is growing to add a statue of rebel leader Countess Markievicz to Dublin's O'Connell Street.


Plans for the statue were put on hold in 2018 - and seven years later, the work is still on ice.

Countess Markievicz was born in London but grew up in Sligo.

She was elected Minister for Labour in April 1919.

Social Democrats' Councillor Cat O'Driscoll this week said the city is good at putting men on giant plinths - but it's time women joined them.

Musician and actress Tara Howley is currently starring in 'Dockers' - at the Ambassador Theatre - which is close to the proposed location for the statue.

The production features the lack of recognition for Irish women in history - and she says it's ironic the drama on stage is being played out for real, on the street outside.

"Countess Markievicz like my character in the play is standing up for the women saying 'oh what about the women'. Countess Markievicz being one of them - so you know I think everybody can agree she was just a remarkable woman for so many different reasons and why not go through with it if it was planned?. I think  2018 it was said that it was supposed to be erected"

Written by Gary Brennan

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