Portraits of Women Writers, Activists and Artists in Early 20th Century

Dublin City Libraries & Archives

Listen back to Dublin: One City, One Book 2018, when we celebrated The Long Gaze Back, and the female voice in Irish literature. This anthology of 30 short stories is edited by Sinead Gleeson. In this episode, Jessica Fahy, examines the choices made in the portrayal of significant women from Irish history by leading artists of the day, and how these images may still inform our opinions today. The remarkable women featured in Jessica's talk include Countess Markievicz, Eva Gore Booth, Maud Gonne, Grace Plunkett and Sarah Cecilia Harrison. Image: Self-portrait by Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1889) courtesy of The Hugh Lane, where you can see many of the artists and portraits mentioned in the talk. Recorded at The LexIcon on 23 April 2018, with thanks to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries for making the audio available to us. If you’re interested in podcasts and learning more about the literature and history of Dublin and Ireland, we recommend the Dublin Festival of History and the new City of Books podcast with Martina Devlin. Our theme tune is Dream of the forest (jazzy mix) by articom (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/articom/61177