MAKE A MEME View Large Image Seachtain na Gaeilge poster.png Uploaded with en wp UW marker 2016 02 29 The poster depicts two female figures one representing Éire the other 'West Britain' Éire is dressed in a red robe with decorative interlace design at the top; she ...
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Keywords: 1913 Seachtain na Gaeilge poster.png Uploaded with en wp UW marker 2016 02 29 The poster depicts two female figures one representing Éire the other 'West Britain' Éire is dressed in a red robe with decorative interlace design at the top; she holds a spear in her hand and ribbons that connect her to ships dotted around the coast of Ireland West Britain is dressed in the Union Jack and crouches on the east coast of Ireland looking towards England with outstretched palm <br>The text reads <br>Éire over the left-hand image In Gaelic script Éire is the Irish name for Ireland<br>WEST BRITAIN over the right hand image West Briton is an Irish nationalist slur for an Irish person seen as deferential to Great Britain <br>Seaċtṁain na Gaeḋilge between the images modern spelling Seachtain na Gaeilge Week of the Irish language a festival run by the Gaelic League<br>ON WHICH SIDE ARE YOU LANGUAGE COLLECTION NOW ON underneath the images Original publication Broadside poster for the w Gaelic League's 1913 Seachtain na Gaeilge event Immediate source http //catalogue nli ie/Record/vtls000250810 1913 Frances Georgiana Chenevix Trench aka Sadhbh Trinseach <br/> Life time 1891 1918 http //catalogue nli ie/Record/vtls000250810 for document publication date 1913 and creator death date 1918 PD-old-70-1923 1918 Irish language 1913 posters 1913 works in the United Kingdom 1913 in Ireland Posters of Ireland Broadsides Propaganda posters Festival posters Personifications of Ireland Union flag in art People with spears in art Females with weapons in art Beggars in Ireland Maps of Ireland Gaelic script Cultural events in Ireland Begging women Beggars in art
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