Sir Rod was gifted a first edition book of poetry written by 1916 revolutionary Joseph Mary Plunkett. Irish revolutionary ...

Television: But as a sort of idiot’s guide to Rod Stewart’s favourite Irish weepy, Aistear an Amhráin ticks the boxes ...

ROD Stewart got emotional as he took his band to the church where Irish freedom fighter Grace Plunkett was married before her husband was executed. The adopted Scot, 74, has performed the song ...

Publiée par Dublin South 1916 Centenary Committee sur Mardi 12 mars 2019 The Committee said: "Rod Stewart standing at the grave of Grace Gifford-Plunkett today in Glasnevin Cemetery. He has ...

The article below is one of a series of seven. The National Library has released collections of documents relating to each of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation: Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas ...

Fiona Plunkett spoke about her brother, Joseph Plunkett, and his wife, Grace Gifford, whose love story inspired the song Grace. Written by Jim McCann, a former member of the Dubliners, the song ...

"Grace" tells the heartbreaking story of Irish revolutionary Joseph Mary Plunkett's marriage to Grace Gifford in Kilmainham Gaol just hours before his execution for his part in the 1916 Rising.

“He was in today because he goes to the cemetery for Grace Plunkett’s anniversary, so he just dropped in. He was here for about half an hour,” he said. On May 4, 1916, Joseph Mary ...

Donated by Michael Purcell. Grace Plunkett, née Gifford, married the 1916 Rising leader Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol the night before he was executed. She was later a prisoner in Kilmainham ...

Many of the widows of the Volunteer leaders miscarried babies in the months after the Easter Rising Professor of Irish gender history Lindsey Earner-Byrne Áine and Rónán Ceannt Grace Plunkett ...