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131Weeks: 31st January 1923 Darrell Figgis asks in the Dáil if 'if it is true that the Irish Consulate at Paris has now passed into the care of the Irregulars'? He is told that this was the case and that 'This is due solely to treachery on the part of the late Trade Agent.'

irelandincolour: There is another nice image here: a slightly different shot, in the book "The Irish Constitution" by Darrell Figgis:

RobCross247: Darrell Edmund Figgis (17 September 1882 – 27 October 1925) was an Irish writer, Sinn Féin activist, and independent parliamentarian in the Irish Free State.

SNevin1: Update: ‘undergrads at Oxford’ was a reference to detainees including Seán T. O’Kelly, Pádraig Ó’Máille, Darrell Figgis, Liam Pedlar, and Patrick McCartan who were interned following the Easter Rising and briefly held under house arrest at 8 St John’s Road in Oxford

131Weeks: 20th June 1922 Darrell Figgis comfortably tops poll in Dublin County. He is elected alongside; o Michael Derham - Pro-Treaty o George Gavan Duffy - Pro-Treaty o Desmond FitzGerald - Pro-Treaty o Tom Johnson - Labour o John Rooney - Farmers' Party Margaret Pearse loses her seat

131Weeks: 20th June 1922 As of now, the best performing person in Ireland in General Election was William Davin, Labour, who was elected in Laois-Offaly with 15,167 first preference votes Darrell Figgis, in Dublin, was close second with 15,087 Erskine Childers has done worst with only 572

cormacmoore: 100 years ago today, on 16 June 1922, the Irish Free State's first election took place. Here are some images from the Graphic of scenes from the election including ones of Countess Markievicz, Alfie Byrne, Michael Collins and Darrell Figgis.

131Weeks: 16th June 1922 Darrell Figgis is photographed at Rathmines Town Hall speaking to some supporters on polling day. It is his first public appearance since his beard was forcibly shaven by Bob Briscoe and other IRA men who broke into his home

BridMcGrath: I knew Darrell Figgis had a hard time but didn’t know the details. How horrible. Violence takes many forms, especially when turned inwards.

100YearsAgoNews: June 12, 1922: Darrell Figgis, secretary of the committee to draft an Irish constitution, falls victim to an unusual form of political violence as thugs storm his Dublin house and cut off his beard. Figgis irked some in Sinn Fein by running for the Dail Eireann as an independent.

131Weeks: Figgis' wife, Millie, assumed that the men were there to kill her husband. She tried to stop the IRA from getting into Darrell's office, but she was roughly brushed aside They held Darrell in a swivel chair, and cut off his beard...

131Weeks: At the time, the attack was viewed with some amusement. Kitty Kiernan wrote to Michael Collins; "Poor Darrell Figgis lost his nice red beard. When I read about it I could imagine you laughing and enjoying it very much" The Figgis family were left shaken by the experience...

noonofday: Today's book finds. Nice to get the Darrell Figgis book from 1922.

AodhBC: "The little that has been written about him has attempted to highlight how thoroughly his memory and works have been excised from Irish popular culture."

BobbyBhoy26: "Soon they'll be no Protestants at all." ???? Wolf Tone Henry Gratten Henry Joy McCracken James Napper Tandy Henry Harrison Sam Maguire Rodger Casement Bulmer Hobson Erskine Childers Jack White Darrell Figgis Tomas Myles James Meredith Robert Bartson...........

TheBurkeanIE: "A State is only good or bad in the degree in which it answers, or fails to answer, the needs of the Nation for which it is devised. All the rest is words."

WikiRandomWalk: Darrell Edmund Figgis (Irish: Darghal Figes; 17 September 1882 – 27 October 1925) was an Irish writer, Sinn Féin activist and independent parliamentarian in the Irish Free State.

Jimmy_H_Yan: Publication Day: I'm excited to have an article in Aust Literary Studies' special issue on 'Uses of Irish-Australian literature.' It looks at settlerism, literary travel and Ireland. Featuring AE, Darrell Figgis, Vance and Nettie Palmer & Miles Franklin.

LimerickMuseum: Today in 1919.. "The Republic, An Phoblacht", edited by Darrell Figgis, Vol. 1, No. 14, Sept. 20th 1919, Price 2d.

johnstonglenn: Author, Sinn Féin activist and Free State TD Darrell Figgis was born in Dublin OTD in 1882. He was a remarkable polymath and wrote books on many topics but is largely forgotten today. James Joyce liked his novel The Return of the Hero, written under the pseudonym Michael Ireland.

johnstonglenn: James Joyce borrowed Darrell Figgis's The Paintings of William Blake from Shakespeare and Co. in 1925. According to Dirk Van Hulle, notes in VI.B.13 suggest he read it systematically. He took "seed-plot" from the first sentence: "A man’s life is the seed-plot of his achievement."

PhilipMcConway: Misleading impression in the historiography that punitive hair cutting was confined to women victims. Several cases of men having their hair, beards & moustaches shorn, & on occasion, burned off. The IRA’s cutting of Darrell Figgis’s beard in 1922 perhaps the best known example.

irelandincolour: “These are the names confirmed, of people in the crowd at O’Donovan Rossa’s graveside at Glasnevin on August 1, 1915. 7. James O’Hanlon 10. Thomas MacDonagh 11. Fr. Michael O’Flanagan 13. Patrick Pearse 14. John MacBride 15. Seán McGarry 16. Joseph Murray 17. Darrell Figgis" ...

WestmeathDoC: 2/ Among the names listed are those of Ginnell and his wife Alice, Arthur Griffith, Darrell Figgis, Éamon de Valera and Madeline ffrench-Mullen. Source: the Ginnell papers (P/4/16), Westmeath Local Studies archive.

MauriceJCasey: I have recently been reading what I can find on Darrell Figgis, who I only knew about vaguely until recently. His story is surely one of the most tragic Irish political lives of the early independence period. If anyone knows any recent writing on his life let me know.

HistoryOfEire: The Short and Tragic Life of an Irish Dandy - Darrell Figgis was a Howth Gunrunner and Free State TD.

farwest8: A very interesting guy. I just read Darrell Figgis and I found that very interesting too.

ConorMulvagh: Found this gem earlier this morning. Well worth a read. Darrell Figgis, The Irish constitution explained (1922)

BarryPierce: him: hi me: much like in post-stalinist russia, there is also an 'official history of ireland' that has been taught to generations of children. Darrell Figgis' name has been purposefully written out of the history books. Padraig Pearse was gay. Hill 16 was Hill 60.

BarryPierce: thinking about this again because I came across Darrell Figgis’ name in a book and now I’m upset about how successfully he’s been banished from Irish political history

131Weeks: 27th April 1919 Kells Darrell Figgis gives a talk in the St. Vincent de Paul Hall in aid of the local Sinn Féin Club. During speech, he referred to the state of the banking system in Ireland. He spoke of how Irish banks were lending out too much Irish money to English investors

TheRealCulls: A pic of Sceilg I just came across, which I forgot I had. He was arrested in February 1917, and sent to Fairford (n...

constan63686548: My beloved grandfather James Short like most in Crossmaglen at the time, went to his grave in 1950 a Home Ruler.In...

Bellitum: More on Darrell Figgis. Interesting in the context of current debates.

manas_akram: The Return Of The Hero by Darrell Figgis 1930 Pb Boni Books FREE S/H

genievefiggis: Introducing the Internees: Darrell Figgis | Enemies of the State

PitmanSwords: Darrell Figgis? Came to a sad end we think. Referenced in Fr Martin's book on the Howth Gun running

CenturyIRL: Terence MacSwiney, JJ O'Kelly, Darrell Figgis and others arrested in Feb 1917 in midnight raids. Echoes of 1916....



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