Countess Constance Markievicz

<br><center>A valiant woman who fought for Ireland in 1916<br> _________________________</center><br> In the 1916 Rising she was Second-in-Command to Michael Mallin in the College of Surgeons. She was sentenced to death for her activities but was released from prison in 1917 in the general amnesty.<br><br> The bronze bust show Countess Markievicz in the uniform tunic of the Irish Citizen Army. The work was unveiled in 1956.<br><br> [From the <b>Monuments of St. Stephen's Green</b> marker found in the park.]