Cartoon showing the handover of Dublin Castle to the Irish Free State in January 1922. The executed leaders of the Easter Rising watch over the event, wondering if their sacrifice was worth it for less than a fully independent republic.
Cartoon showing the handover of Dublin Castle to the Irish Free State in January 1922. The executed leaders of the Easter Rising watch over the event, wondering if their sacrifice was worth it for less than a fully independent republic.
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Collins is depicted as kow-towing to the British as the revolutionaries who gave us the modern concept of Irish independence look on disapprovingly.
That’s by Grace Plunkett! Also known by her maiden name, Grace Gifford. She’s the subject of the song Grace, about when she married her long time boyfriend Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol the night before he was executed. He’s one of the Easter Rising leaders depicted here.
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For what died the sons of Roisin.