![The Dead -- "Stand firm, fear not, be true, victory will be to those that can endure most." : The I.R.A. -- "Stand firm, have no fear, we will break your chains". : Cumann na mban -- "We have pledged our word to the Republic, we bend no knee to Englands [sic] king, we take no degrading oath, our motto is, 'Better death than dishonrour'." : Fianna -- ["]In the names of Colbert and Heuston we pledge our lives to the Republic".](http://www.nli.ie/digital/thumbs/vtls000148459.jpg)
The Dead -- "Stand firm, fear not, be true, victory will be to those that can endure most." : The I.R.A. -- "Stand firm, have no fear, we will break your chains". : Cumann na mban -- "We have pledged our word to the Republic, we bend no knee to Englands [sic] king, we take no degrading oath, our motto is, 'Better death than dishonrour'." : Fianna -- ["]In the names of Colbert and Heuston we pledge our lives to the Republic".
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| Summary: | Anti-Treaty cartoon showing Hibernia flanked on either side by the living and the dead. The living are the I.R.A., Cumann na mBan and na Fianna. One of the dead holds the Irish tricolour with the letters I.R. on it. References are made in the text to two of the 16 leaders executed after the Easter Rising of 1916 in Kilmainham Gaol, 8 May 1916 - Con Colbert, (1888-1916) and Séan Heuston, (1891-1916). |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
[s.l.] :
[s.n],
[ca. 1922].
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| Notes: | Title printed l.c. Physical description: 1 mimeograph print : 32.6 x 20 cm.. more |
| Credits: | Attributed to Constance Markievicz, (1868-1927). |
