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Nurse Elizabeth O Farrell stood alongside Pádraig Pearse as he surrendered.
He had chosen Elizabeth O Farrell to carry his message seeking to open negotiations for the cessation of hostilities at the end of Easter Week.
A picture had been taken as they stood side by side during that surrender to Brigadier General William Lowe.
However, from the angle it was captured at, with the exception of her boots, O Farrell can barely be seen. In subsequent copies Ms O Farrell is completely airbrushed from the photo. She is remembered for being forgotten
Nurse Elizabeth O Farrell stood beside Pádraig Pearse as he surrendered in 1916. However, she was airbrushed from photos
IrelandLeitrimGalwayIrishRegina-dohertyMark-dalyElizabeth-ofarrellWilliam-loweCo-leitrimInternational-women-dayElizabetho-farrellBrigadier-general-williamA PAINTING of the woman airbrushed from Irish history has been unveiled in the Seanad to mark International Women’s Day.
Elizabeth O’Farrell was a nurse with the GPO garrison in the Easter Rising of 1916. Under a flag of truce she accompanied Pádraig Pearse to his surrender to Brigadier General William Lowe and his son John, near the lower western corner of Parnell Square.
A grainy photograph of the occasion showed O’Farrell’s feet and part of her dress, her body hidden by Pearse’s own figure as he offered surrender after a week of hostilities.
It was British newspapers of May 1916 that painted out the “distraction” of evidence that a woman was present, making it seem as if Pearse surrendered alone.
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