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An incredible 1916 mural has gone up in Dublin overnight to celebrate International Women's Day

A mural to the women of 1916 has gone up in Dublin city centre just in time for International Women’s Day.

The 35-feet art piece went up overnight on George’s Street titled Le Chéile I Ngruaig’, which translates as Together in the hair.

The mural features depicitions of Countess Markievicz (left), Margaret Pierce (right), and Grace Clifford-Plunkett (bottom) who each played an important role in the 1916 Easter  Rising.

“This 1916 Easter Rising centenary year seems like a great opportunity to re-imagine the kind of Ireland we could live in,” said the artist Gearoid O’Dea.

 

“Each played a different kind of role in the Rising. Some are well remembered, others not. These portraits will be woven together by strands of hair.”

“For me, the texture of the hair suggests a toughness, a gentleness, and something more mysterious.

“Hair was an important symbol in Celtic mythology, empowering and magical. As a composing element in this piece, it feels right.”

Social media users have taken to Twitter in their droves to praise the mural.

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