Very disappointing to see Broadsheet perpetuate the ‘Countess’ myth. The title is a falsehood – her husband made up a fake aristocratic back story to impress his Irish in-laws.
Spaghetti Hoop
But the poster does not mention her title. The ‘C’ stands for Constance!
Mattress Pat
The tag on the post does though… Broadsheet made that bit up
millie st murderlark
Countess of our Hearts.
Brother Barnabas
that’s not even definitely true
the title came through casimir markievicz who was slurred by the head of the russian police at the time, partly because he was a pole. in the papers of countess markievicz, there’s a verified letter from the genealogy something-or-other from st petersburg confirming his entitlement to the title
whether that’s correct or not, who knows – but he certainly didn’t “make up a fake aristocratic back story to impress his Irish in-laws”. for one, he was using the title before he even met her.
Papi
Mattress Mick isn’t actually a mattress, but we don’t be getting all snippy about it.
Mattress Pat
I’m a bona fide Mattress though.
Papi
Are you? Are you really? No joshing for realsies?
Mattress Pat
Casimir Markeivicz was describing himself as a Count long before he’d ever met Constance, let alone even heard of Ireland.
theo kretschmar schuldorff
C. Markeivicz’s posters didn’t used to feature Nial Ring’s mobile number.
Joe Small
The woman was certifiably nuts like a good chunk of the Gore-Booths family. Born in London to Sir Henry Gore-Booth, 5th baronet who owned a big chunk of Sligo.
Being a Countess wasn’t very Republican of her..
RuilleBuille
The posters are put up by the 1916 Relatives Association to mark the centenary of the first woman to be elected to Westminister. Of course she refused to swear allegiance to a foreign power and refused to attend a foreign parliament.
Unlike Martin and Varadkar today who would happily pledge allegiance to a foreign power.
Cian
Can she be fined for having a poster up 30 days after the election?
Very disappointing to see Broadsheet perpetuate the ‘Countess’ myth. The title is a falsehood – her husband made up a fake aristocratic back story to impress his Irish in-laws.
But the poster does not mention her title. The ‘C’ stands for Constance!
The tag on the post does though… Broadsheet made that bit up
Countess of our Hearts.
that’s not even definitely true
the title came through casimir markievicz who was slurred by the head of the russian police at the time, partly because he was a pole. in the papers of countess markievicz, there’s a verified letter from the genealogy something-or-other from st petersburg confirming his entitlement to the title
whether that’s correct or not, who knows – but he certainly didn’t “make up a fake aristocratic back story to impress his Irish in-laws”. for one, he was using the title before he even met her.
Mattress Mick isn’t actually a mattress, but we don’t be getting all snippy about it.
I’m a bona fide Mattress though.
Are you? Are you really? No joshing for realsies?
Casimir Markeivicz was describing himself as a Count long before he’d ever met Constance, let alone even heard of Ireland.
C. Markeivicz’s posters didn’t used to feature Nial Ring’s mobile number.
The woman was certifiably nuts like a good chunk of the Gore-Booths family. Born in London to Sir Henry Gore-Booth, 5th baronet who owned a big chunk of Sligo.
Being a Countess wasn’t very Republican of her..
The posters are put up by the 1916 Relatives Association to mark the centenary of the first woman to be elected to Westminister. Of course she refused to swear allegiance to a foreign power and refused to attend a foreign parliament.
Unlike Martin and Varadkar today who would happily pledge allegiance to a foreign power.
Can she be fined for having a poster up 30 days after the election?