A remarkable transformation awaits visitors to Ireland’s most historic exhibition center and home when it reopens this week for the first time in 32 months. Lissadell House, the childhood home of 1916 ...

It sounded absurd: traveling to Ireland to learn about the owner of a desk. But this wasn’t any ordinary desk — or any ordinary owner. I collect rare books on early America. It’s a hobby propelled by ...

Markievicz, a renowned Irish revolutionary figure known for her leadership in the Easter Rising and struggle for Irish freedom, was honored at the British House of Commons on Wednesday. In 1918, ...

The new bursary scheme for artists was announced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Markievicz's appointment of the first female cabinet minister Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for ...

Casimir Markievicz (1874–1932) was an example of that rare 20th-century phenomenon: a man who came to be completely overshadowed by his wife, even though for most of their lives together they did much ...

A portrait of the suffragette and Irish revolutionary has just been gifted to the UK parliament. Here’s why she was so important. On 4 February 1868, a baby named Constance Gore-Booth was born in ...

It’s been 100 years since Constance Markievicz became the first woman to be elected to the British House of Commons. Though she never took her seat, she may now find a place there. A painting of ...

An early version of this play was a hit at the Cork International Film Festival — and now fleshed out and developed it premieres at the Everyman on August 21-22 100 years ago, Constance Markievicz ...

The new bursary scheme for artists was announced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Markievicz's appointment of the first female cabinet minister A new award to honour the memory of Constance ...