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Women at the Hotel de Nice

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Round men at the Rotunda

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 18 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The Capuchin Archives think this is Irish National Convention of the Land League, Dublin, 1881.

    I see a related Facebook page suggesting the bearded gent at left is Michael Davitt.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    April 29th, 1880, in the Concert Room of the Rotunda in Dublin
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The note on the back says:

    Group of delegates at Rotunda Gardens
    N.I.L. or Land League?
    in eylidas [can't make that out]

    On the front it says:
    Richard Sheiling Sheehy Snr.
    (2nd row, old man standing)

    And at right there is an arrow identifying a David Sheehy
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley More than happy to accept September 1881 if the Capuchin Archives say so.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Per the DIB: Sheehy, David (1844–1932), parliamentarian and agrarian radical, was born 14 October 1844 in Broadford, Co. Limerick, second of three children of Richard Sheehy, mill owner, and Johanna Sheehy (née O'Shea)

An unsung hero

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  • Suck Diesel said:

    The IWRL was involved in a wide range of Women’s issues
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Sometimes Flickr is amazing ...
    Via Peace and Nonviolence Ireland / INNATE who writes,
    "Not very exciting to look at on the surface, this bench remembering Louie Bennett and her partner Helen Chenevix is situated in the little nook or alcove of the Garden for the Blind in St Stephen's Green, Dublin. But maybe in providing a piece of rest and quiet - and thus service to passing humanity - it is a fitting tribute to these two remarkable women. Sit awhile and ponder... "
    maps.app.goo.gl/5RCNM4QwMctU26UQ8
  • Niall McAuley said:
    At the www.dib.ie/biography/bennett-louisa-louie-a0581She is possibly best remembered for her leadership in the laundry workers' strike of 1945, during which IWWU members successfully fought for a fortnight's paid holiday.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From irishgeneology, her birth in 1870 at Garville Ave, Rathgar
  • Niall McAuley said:
    And here death aged 86 as Louisa Bessie Bennett, Trade Union Secretary Retired.