President Michael D. Higgins to deliver speech in London
Date: Wed 12th Oct, 2016 | 13:26
This Friday 14th October, President Michael D. Higgins will pay a 1-day visit to London, to deliver a keynote address on the life and achievements of Eva Gore-Booth.
The President’s address, entitled “The Importance of Eva Gore-Booth’s Radical Vision in the Dramatic Historical Events of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries”, will be delivered at the Congress Hall in Central London.
In his speech, the President will seek to 'redress the oblivion of history' by reflecting on the remarkable, yet often overlooked, contributions by Eva Gore-Booth not only to the fight for Irish freedom but, together with Esther Roper, for the rights of powerless and disenfranchised sections of society in Britain.
The role of Eva Gore-Booth in organising women workers in Manchester and in the textile industry, in the franchise for women movement, and her relationship to the events of 1916 and her sister Constance Markievicz, willbe addressed.
Earlier in the day, the President will attend an event hosted by Ireland's Ambassador to the UK, Daniel Mulhall.
The President will depart London and return to Dublin on Saturday morning.