YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1xxPZkIsy8 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaleOfAGreatSh1 WordPress: https://taleofagreatshametext.wordpress.com/ GameScore: http://www.fitchsounds.com/TGS/TGS.html The Tale Of A Great Sham(e)Text is an electronic text inspired by the work of Anna Parnell.

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The Piece Of Resistance Was A Black Silk Skirt

Tale of a Great Sham(e)Text is an electronic text inspired by the work of Anna Parnell (1852-1911). Anna Parnell led the Ladies’ Land League between 1881-1882, the first Irish female political organisation which, after the arrest of thirteen women in 1881, held a simultaneous meeting of between 400 and 500 branches of the Ladies’ Land League on 1st Jan 1882. She wrote a book about her experiences during that time, A Tale of a Great Sham, which was not published until 1986. This work, which consists of a Twitter bot: @TaleOfAGreatSh1; a blog: https://taleofagreatshametext.wordpress.com; a Soundcloud site: https://soundcloud.com/taleofagreatshametext which is also the host for a Tale Of A Great Sham(e)Text Podcast. This transmedia text is a creative response to the work work of Anna Parnell.

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The piece of resistance was a black silk skirt

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In answer the arrests of 13 women in 1881, Anna Parnell called for all branches of the Ladies Land League to meet simultaneously

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In January 1881 the Land League decided to create a female branch

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The Tale Of A Great Sham(e)Text is an electronic text inspired by the work of Anna Parnell (1852-1911). Each track is short and is designed to be played as a rolling playlist, the work will continue to evolve as more segments are added.

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