iamBullivantFeb 4, 2025

Constance Georgine Markievicz (née Gore-Booth) was born at Buckingham Gate in London on 4th February 1868, the elder daughter of the Arctic explorer and adventurer Sir Henry Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet, an Anglo-Irish landlord who administered a large estate in Sligo, and Georgina, Lady Gore-Booth, née Hill. 1/2

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During the famine of 1879–80, Sir Henry provided free food for the tenants on his estate at Lissadell House in the north of County Sligo in the north-west of Ireland. Their father's example inspired in Gore-Booth and her younger sister, Eva Gore-Booth, a deep concern for working people and the poor. 2/2

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Feb 4, 2025 at 8:53amWeb