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Lissadell House and Gardens, Sligo |
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Lissadell is famous as the childhood
home of Constance Markievicz, her sister
Eva Gore Booth and her brother Josslyn
Gore Booth. Constance was one of the
leaders of the 1916 Rising, and was the
first woman to be elected to Dail
Eireann, where
she served as Minister for Labour (thus
becoming the first woman minister in a
modern European democracy), and was also
the first woman to be elected to the
House of Commons at Westminster, London
(where she declined to take her seat).
Eva was a poet of distinction and an
active suffragist. Josslyn created at
Lissadell one of the premier
horticultural estates in Europe. This
horticultural enterprise has now been
recreated at Lissadell. Sligo born poet
W. B. Yeats was friendly with the Gore
Booth sisters and stayed at Lissadell in
1893 and 1894. He immortalised Lissadell
and the Gore Booth sisters in his
poetry. Lissadell is a family home.
Access to the House, Gardens or any part
of the grounds is by permission only.
Note that there is no wheelchair access
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