Ernest Kavanagh
Ernest Kavanagh (1884–1916) was a Dublin born cartoonist who contributed to a number of political publications in the early part of the 20th century.
Biography[]
Kavanagh's cartoons were published using his initials E.K. He provided cartoons for The Irish Worker newspaper of James Larkin's Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. He produced cartoons published alongside poems by his sister the writer and poet .
As well as supporting the working class his cartoons attacked the recruitment drive for World War One and supported the suffragette movement. He contributed cartoons to the suffragette paper, The Irish Citizen, Fianna and Irish Freedom. A non-combatant, he was killed during the 1916 Easter Rising by a bullet, on 25 April 1916.[1][2]
A book on his cartoons, Artist of the Revolution. The Cartoons of Ernest Kavanagh, was published in 2012.[3]
References[]
- ^ "1916 Necrology" (PDF). Glasnevin Trust. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "IRISH TRANSPORT WORKERS' UNION (CLERK'S DEATH)". Hansard. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Books on Labour. Artist of the Revolution. The Cartoons of Ernest Kavanagh, James Curry". www.labour.ie. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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