Dublin’s 1913 Lockout as seen through the eye of a needle, but it’s not a tapestry

There is a great piece in today’s Irish Times (Saturday, April 6th) on the 1913 Tapestry by Patrick Freyne with a nice picture of Elizabeth Brennan, Cathy Henderson and Mary Hunter. To celebrate we are also reproducing below the first fully completed panel from the Tapestry by the Blanchardstown ICA Library Group. (I know the Baton Charge is now finished as well but it has had a couple of outings during production process so we will put that up shortly to keep your appetites whetted).

The images below show the original drawing by Cathy Henderson, a photograph of strikers waiting on the quay for the first foodship, the ss Hare and the panel