Constance Countess Markievicz lay in State in this Pillar Room of the Rotunda Hospital on 16 July 1927. Tens of thousands of people filed past the remains of one known as "The Lover of the Poor" She was interred in Glasnevin Cemetery.

For more information on the unveiling, photographs, details on Countess Markievicz's connection to the hospital and its own history, see the December 7th entry in this page from the Sligo Heritage website's archives:http://www.sligoheritage.com/archnewsround4.htm