Hellraisers Journal: Countess Markievicz, Joan of Arc of the Irish Rebels, Sentenced to Life in Prison

But while Ireland is not free I remain a rebel,
unconverted and unconvertible.
-Countess Markievicz
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Saturday May 20, 1916
Dublin, Ireland - Countess Markievicz Seeks to Convert

From the The Wichita Beacon of May 18, 1916:

Irish Rebels of 1916, Countess Markiewicz, Markievicz, .png

The Countess Markievicz, Joan of Arc of the Irish revolution, who kissed the revolver with which she killed a redcoat, and who [having escaped a death sentence] is now a life prisoner in Mountjoy, has indicated a desire to be baptized into the Catholic Church. The archbishop of her own church, the English establishment, offended her by appealing to the government for greater severity towards the rebels.

[Photograph added.]

From Pennsylvania's Allentown Leader of May 19, 1916:

The Countess had hoped to be shot alongside her Comrades in arms...

Irish Rebels, Countess M, Soup f Poor, Allentown (PA) Ldr, May 19, 1916.png
Irish Rebels, Countess M, Soup text, Allentown (PA) Ldr, May 19, 1916.png

Countess Markievicz in studio portrait:

Irish Rebels of 1916, Countess Markievicz, ab 1915.png

Countess Constance Markievicz in 1908:

Constance Markievicz, 1908, Photo: Lafayette.png
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SOURCES

"Dublin Amazon Escapes Death, Countess Markievicz Sentenced to Die, But Commuted to Life Term"
The York Daily, York PA, May 8, 1916
https://www.newspapers.com/image/76267088/

The Wichita Beacon
(Wichita, Kansas)
-May 18, 1916
https://www.newspapers.com/image/76654790/

IMAGES
Irish Rebels of 1916, Countess Markiewicz/Markievicz,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Markievicz
Irish Rebels, Countess M, Soup f Poor, Allentown (PA) Ldr, May 19, 1916
-& text
https://www.newspapers.com/image/71433093/
Irish Rebels of 1916, Countess Markievicz, ab 1915
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Markievicz
Constance Markievicz, 1908, Photo: Lafayette
http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-1916/1916irl/cpr/cwr/ccm/
Irish Rebels, Countess Markievicz Stamps
http://www.ireland-information.com/articles/countessmarkievicz.htm

See also:

The Irish Rebellion of 1916 and Its Martyrs: Erin's Tragic Easter
-by Maurice Joy
Devin-Adair Company, 1916
https://books.google.com/books?id=Ea9nAAAAMAAJ
"CHAPTER XVIII COUNTESS DE MARKIEVICZ"
https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=Ea9nAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcove...

"Countess Constance Markievicz" from "Census and Women of the Rising"
http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-1916/1916irl/cpr/cwr/ccm/

"The Irish Rebel Countess Markievicz"
http://our-ireland.com/the-irish-rebel-countess-markievicz/

Irish Rebels, Countess Markievicz Stamps.jpg

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Irish Crowds Welcome Markievicz After Release
After the amnesty in 1917, Countess Markievicz returns to Dublin and receives a heroes welcome.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hYPs4V1lOA width:500 height:315]

My Wild Irish Rose - Chauncey Olcott, 1913

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Gerrit's picture

as always, JaeRae Enjoy your evening, my friend,

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JayRaye's picture

Glad that she didn't have to serve that life sentence altho she did end up behind bars a few more time before the British were done with her.

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