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Seanad Éireann to mark International Women’s Day by unveiling painting by Leitrim artist Reporter:   ); Seanad Éireann will mark International Women’s Day next Monday, 8 March 2021, by unveiling a painting entitled “Her Surrender” by Leitrim artist Sinéad Guckian. The Drumsna artist (and former county councillor) painted this having discovered that Elizabeth O’Farrell,  the woman Patrick Pearse selected to carry his message seeking to open negotiations for the cessation of hostilities at the end of Easter Week, was ‘airbrushed’ from the photograph of Pearse delivering the surrender to Brigadier General William Lowe. Cathaoirleach Senator Mark Daly said: “International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.  By displaying this painting in the Seanad we remember someone who has come to symbolise the airbrushing of women�

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