LECTURE Ascendancy Incendiary: The Countess Constance Markievicz and the 1916 Easter Uprising

To mark the centenary of the catalyzing event of Ireland's twentieth-century independence movement, historian Bo Smith will explore the extraordinary life and character of the rebel aristocrat, Constance Markievicz.

Bo Smith, Historian

To mark the centenary of the catalyzing event of Ireland's twentieth-century independence movement, Smith will explore the extraordinary life and character of the rebel aristocrat, Constance Markievicz. Too outlandish even for the script of Downton Abbey, the Countess' story defies comfortable categorization and reveals the tensions that roil contemporary historiography.

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