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Constance Markievicz (above) and Roy Foster’s Vivid Faces

A taste for unorthodox night manoeuvres.

With boy scouts.

Apparently.

“[R]evolutionary Ireland was an important location for the ‘theatre of revolt’, in a literal sense. But one central aspect of that revolt more or less absent from the drama written and acted by the future revolutionaries concerns the world of sex… The revolutionaries were part of a generation which explored other forms of liberation besides the political and national… One of the attractions of the Gaelic League,especially its summer schools and ceilidhe, was the opportunities it provided for romantic and sexual contact… Constance Markievicz, with her hard-drinking and erratic Polish husband, may have been allowed a similar licence (Bulmer Hobson later told his son Declan of his surprise when she demanded to warm herself, on night manoeuvres with her Fianna boy scouts, by getting into bed with them)…”

From Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 by Roy Foster (Penguin Books) published this week.

*thud*

Also: FIGHT!

Pic: National Library of Ireland

Thanks Sibling of Daedalus

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Today is Paint It Pink day.

Jeanne Sutton at Image.ie writes:

“An infographic we prepped for #paintitpink with the facts and figures about breast cancer in Ireland….”

34,798.

Breast Cancer in Ireland: The Facts (Image.ie) 

Related: A clever online campaign by the US Breast Cancer Foundation for October Breast Awareness month.

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The Lingo logo (top) and the spoken word line-up, from left: Roger Hudson, Karl Parkinson, Kalle Ryan (organiser), Fergus Costello, Phil Lynch (organiser), Genevieve Healy, John Cummins (Lingo Poet Laureate), Ailish Kerr, Stephen Clare, Alicia Byrne Keane, Andre K’Por, Paul Timoney, John Moynes (‘most-read living poet in Ireland’), Erin Fornoff (organiser), Stephen James Smith (organiser), Andy Cummins 

Ireand’s first ever spoken word festival.

Includes Broadsheet’s popular Parnell-chinned ‘ricksmith John Moynes (arrowed).

Kalle writes:

“Last week we launched LINGO, Ireland’s first ever spoken word festival. It will take place in three Dublin venues (Workman’s Club, Smock Alley Theatre, The Liquor Rooms) over the weekend of Oct 17, 18 & 19. We are a totally independent festival run by a small committed group of passionate people who love spoken word and want to shine a light on the remarkable scene currently happening in Ireland.
Our bumper packed programme of mellifluous meter, superb storytelling and righteous rhymes can now be downloaded directly as a PDF.
It is brimming with a host of highlights, including headline sets from All Ireland Slam Champion John Cummins, Ireland Chair of Poetry Paula Meehan and UK spoken word sensation Polarbear, The Monday Echo, Over the Edge, The Brownbread Mixtape, Nighthawks, PETTYCASH, Weekly General Meeting and more. So much more.
Tickets are also now on sale from entertainment.ie here , with individual events priced as low as €10 and day passes for only €16. Weekend passes are already sold out! The festival will even feature a performance from broadsheet’s very own lyrical limerick wordsmith John Moynes. Expect rhymes.”

Lingo – A Spoken Word Festival (Lingo)

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Performed in one continuous take with two cameras (apart from the overdubbed duet at the end), the talented (and demi-shaven) Marc Martel sings Nessun Dorma as Luciano Pavarotti and Freddy Mercury.

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Think you know about fracking?

Think AGAIN..

Jessica writes:

I thought some Broadsheet readers might be interested in the free Irish Premiere of Unearthed (feature documentary about the process of Fracking), which will be screened in Trinity College Dublin  on Monday October 6 at 7pm as part of the 8×8 Festival.

You can register for tickets here.

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