Hibernia (personification)

[1][2] As depicted in frequent cartoons in Punch, a magazine outspokenly hostile to Irish nationalism, Hibernia was shown as "Britannia's younger sister".

Unable to defend herself, Hibernia is depicted turning to the strong, armoured Britannia for defence.

[5] John Tenniel, now mainly remembered as the illustrator of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, produced a number of such depictions of Hibernia.

[6][7] At times, nationalist publications (such as the Land League and Parnell's United Ireland newspaper) did use the image of Hibernia.

A statue, derived from an original by Edward Smyth and depicting a more confident Hibernia (with harp and spear),[8] stands in the central position of three atop the General Post Office in Dublin.

Hibernia representing a mourning Ireland. As published by the nationalist newspaper United Ireland following the death of Edmund Dwyer Gray in 1888.