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Meg Connery protesting to Bonar Law and Edward Carson Meg Connery protesting to Bonar Law and Edward Carson

1913

Richmond Barracks

Richmond Barracks
Dublin, Ireland

Meg Connery

Meg Connery from the Irish Women's Franchise League breaks through a police cordon to present Bonar Law (Conservative Party) and Edward Carson (Ulster Unionist Party) a suffrage poster on the steps of Iveagh House, Kildare St, Dublin. In the background Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (unseen) is apprehended by a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police.

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  • Title: Meg Connery protesting to Bonar Law and Edward Carson Meg Connery protesting to Bonar Law and Edward Carson
  • Creator: Irish Independent
  • Date Created: 1913, 1913
  • Location Created: Dublin
  • Transcript:
    (transcript of accompanying audio) The very nerve of Sinn Féin sets my teeth on edge. The one woman that they have thrown as a sop to the women of the country has her interest neglected and what is one to say of Cumann na mBan. Surely it is their special duty to concentrate on the election of their own president. Why should the work be left to the chance care of outsiders, as they are so fond of calling us. They're too busy running after the men - the camp followers! <i>Extract of letter from Meg Connery to Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, December 1918 (NLI MS22684)</i>
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  • Type: photograph
  • Rights: National Library of Ireland
  • Medium: photograph

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