Ernest Kavanagh
Ernest Kavanagh (also Cavanagh ; * 1884 in Dublin , † April 25, 1916 there ) was an Irish cartoonist .
Life
His cartoons with the initials EK were published in The Irish Worker , the organ of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union led by James Larkin . He drew cartoons that were published alongside poems by his sister Maeve Cavanagh McDowell. With his cartoons he took up topics such as Dublin Lockout , journalistic unity and women's suffrage . His work has been published in the monthly Irish Citizen , FIANNA and Irish Freedom .
He lived on Oxford Road, Ranelagh (Dublin) , was an employee and organized in the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union . As a non-combatant , he was killed by a projectile on the stairs of Liberty Hall , home of the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU), during the Easter Rising .
Parliamentary question
At the request of politician Arthur Lynch ( Irish Parliamentary Party ), MP for West Clare, on July 13, 1916, the Minister of the Interior stated :
"My information is that Ernest Cavanagh was accidentally shot by a member of the Citizen Army , and I have no intention of opening an investigation into this matter."
Publications
- Cartoons the Redmond-O'Brien Press Gang, 1917
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maeve Cavanagh McDowell
- ↑ Irish Citizen , May 1912 to 1920, JSTOR 23197367
- ↑ FIANNA
- ↑ Padraic O'Farrell: Who's who in the Irish War of Independence and Civil War, 1916–1923 . Dufour Editions, 1997, 232 pp . 49
- ↑ nli.ie
- ↑ Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons, HM Stationery Office, Jul, 1916, pp. 505 f. hansard.millbanksystems.com
- ↑ Redmond-O'Brien Press Gang
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kavanagh, Ernest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cavanagh, Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1916 |
| Place of death | Dublin |