Beard Liberation Front
24th April
Facial Hair & the 1916 Dublin Easter Rising
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has marked the 104th anniversary of the Dublin Easter Rising on 24th April 1916 with a review of the facial hair of those centrally involved*
It says that while most were clean shaven several did wear moustaches including James Connolly possessor of probably the most distinctive republican socialist moustache in modern history.
However the campaigners say there is irony in the moustache wearing since the British Establishment, and particularly perhaps the officers of the British Army who the Rising was specifically aimed were also known for a tendency to wear moustaches.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, there is a crucial distinction between those who fought at the Dublin Post Office 104 years ago and the British Army when it comes to facial hair. James Connolly’s magnificent moustache was forged in the heat of the class and national struggles. That wasn’t true in the same way for Army officers.
- Thanks to Paidraig Belton @PadraigBelton for posting on this
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