Dark Rosaleen

deity Irish single tradition · 1

Dark Rosaleen is an aisling figure from Irish history, written about by James Clarence Mangan. Lady Hazel Lavery posed for portraits as the personification of Dark Rosaleen. The portraits were painted by her husband Sir John Lavery and appeared on bank notes in numerous forms over the course of the 20th century in Ireland.

When

First attested
1800 CE
Attested period
1800 – 1900
Historical notes
Figure from Irish history written about by James Clarence Mangan.

Relationships

co occurs with
Erin, Cathleen Ni Houlihan

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Lady Hazel Lavery posed for portraits as the personification of a number of aisling figures from Irish history such as James Clarence Mangan's Dark Rosaleen and W.B. Yeats's Cathleen Ni Houlihan. The portraits were painted by her husband Sir John Lavery and appeared on bank notes in numerous forms over the course of the 20th century in Ireland”

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