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stephen_j_moran: One of 13 British soldiers interviewed. He goes on to talk about serving at Kilmainham. Guarded Countess Markiewicz and Joseph Plunkett. "Future wives brought in." JP married then taken out and shot. He would not have volunteered for the firing squad. "A terrible thing to do."
AndyMOBrien: I’m a past pupil of a fee paying school, Catholic University School on Leeson Street, the same school Joseph Mary Plunkett went to, as well as a deranged and divorced sitcom writer. I’m a syndicalist, and I want everyone else to have the best of what I had. Money well spent.
benreadspoetry: The Presence of God by Joseph Mary Plunkett
YeSecondPost: Really interesting bit of insight from Jim McCann here on the song Grace, about Grace Gifford, Joseph Mary Plunkett's brief bride
ReginaCaeli3in1: Joseph Mary Plunkett "I see His Blood Upon the Rose"
Lanklet_Dev: No alien sword shall earn as wage
The entail of their blood and tears,
No shameful price for peaceful years
Shall ever part this heritage.
Our Heritage, Joseph Mary Plunkett
RobertBohan: She was back in Dublin by 1908 & sought to make a living with cartoons. She worked for the Irish Review where she met Joseph Plunkett in 1913 & became friends with the writer A.E. Grace by Orpen & a photo of Plunkett
Lanklet_Dev: 1867 by Joseph Mary Plunkett
kevsibop: A poet, editor, world traveller, a bit of a scientist, and military strategist. Joseph Mary Plunkett is one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, the rebellion which took place over the course of five days in Dublin and changed the course of Irish history.
GreenloughP: Ash Wednesday Mass Schedule:
St. Oliver Plunkett’s, Clady
9.15am & 7.30pm
St. Mary’s, Bellaghy
8.00am & 10.00am
St. Joseph’s, Ballyscullion
7.00pm
chrisi_mac5656: I would like a film maker interested in historical drama to take the rectification of this on as a project.
Mar hampla, for example the great love of Parnell & Katherine O'Shea, Joseph M Plunkett & Grace Gifford, to name a few
TammyHoward1967: In January 2023, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Joseph's biological parents were Augustus J. Zarelli, known as "Gus," and Mary Elizabeth (née Abel) Plunkett, known as "Betsy.
MarugRenatta: Grace The Wedding of Joseph Mary Plunkett & Grace Gifford
everymantweet: “…Rocks are his written words.
All pathways by his feet are worn,
His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea,
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn,
His cross is every tree.”
~ Joseph Mary Plunkett
2/2
portraits_arts: Joseph Plunkett was the last remaining tower left in. Ballymun. It was built in 1967 and demolished in 2015. This image is a double exposure showing the colours of the home's beyond the gray concrete. Part of a project on the area.
CakeRanger72: Great song and sad story about Grace Gifford, who married her childhood sweetheart and rebel fiancé Joseph Plunkett in prison, mere hrs before his death by firing squad. What people would have the guts (or kind of love) today to do this?
dj_breathnach: Sitting in a pub in rural kilkenny and Grace by the Wolfe Tones is playing. Going to write an article in the Irish Times about how much this would offend Joseph Mary Plunkett and wait for my pulitzer prize.
p0nc_: Pope Benedict XV had advance notice of the Rising. In March 1916 Joseph Mary Plunkett had sworn his father, George Noble Plunkett a papal count, into the IRB and sent him on a mission to the continent.
fallon_donal: Joseph Plunkett Tower gate. The last remnant of seven towers in Ballymun.
cathaldapapa: 13 December 1955: The death of Grace Gifford OTD. She met Joseph Mary Plunkett, a frail man but a poet with a passion for Ireland’s Right to be a free and independent Nation. They were due to be married on Easter Sunday 1916...
eirigi1916: On the same day, Grace heard that her fiancé Joseph Plunkett was to be executed at dawn the following day. On hearing this Grace went and bought a ring in a jeweller's shop in Dublin city centre and the. persuaded the British to allow her and Joseph to marry. -4
MatthewBecklo: All pathways by his feet are worn,
His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea,
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn,
His cross is every tree.
—Joseph Mary Plunkett
gerry_shannon: A fascinating recent find from a republican newsheet. Probably the only photo of Joe and Grace together? Of note, Rory was briefly engaged to Joseph Plunkett's sister, Fiona.
EllenBarryNYT: "When arrested, Howe gave her name as Rita Plunkett, perhaps in reference to the family of Joseph Mary Plunkett, one of the signers of the Declaration of the Irish Republic, who had been married and executed on same day in 1916."
AnChartlann: 'All pathways by his feet are worn,
His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea,
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn,
His cross is every tree.'
BobbyBhoy184: Does anyone know the name of the song about Joseph Plunkett that’s sung from Grace’s perspective ?
thepainterflynn: Today in 1887 Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish patriot and poet, is born in Dublin
IrishCentral: The renaissance man among the 1916 Rising leaders, Joseph Mary Plunkett became a romantic icon due to his sad end.
Elizabe28842421: Grace The Wedding of Joseph Mary Plunkett & Grace Gifford
tmg__alex: update 2: an email sent by Therese Plunkett on Joseph Powers behalf to students. the same email was sent to parents, however was sent by Powers himself
ArchitectureMKE: Color in Milwaukee's architecture: WHITE. 1930s-1940s was a break from the past: the arrival of European Modernism/International Style...
Joseph Ielase House, 3840 N 55th St, 1932, Henry Phillip Plunkett, 1st attempt at International Style in MKE (1933 Home Show)
GalwayAAO: Rod Stewart brought Ireland to a new audience when he sang "Grace" but then subsequently demonised the unjabbed. Joseph Mary Plunkett and Grace Gifford fought against tyranny.
MarugRenatta: Grace The Wedding of Joseph Mary Plunkett & Grace Gifford
FrancisHMcCord: 'I see his blood upon the rose
And in the stars the glory of his eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies'
-Joseph Mary Plunkett, 'I See His Blood Upon the Rose'
TheFitzconner: Any child or adult is entitled to choose what name they want or don't want to be called. Names are gender-specific only by social convention, but was Joseph Mary Plunkett conflicted? Not referring to a person as he or she is doable: call him/her by name or the formulaic 'they'.
catwoman_1111: Like I always say never name kid Jr most end up in jail Joseph Mesa Jr. brutally killed two students
SitelineSB: Last week's sales: Toro Canyon compound for $21.9 million; Bonnymede condo for $5 million; quick close of a 1970 house on Camino Viejo; 47 acres on the Gaviota coast; 1927 fixer in San Roque designed by Joseph Plunkett; and more.
OliverJMorga: Meeting and ringing the new bell "Oliver," named after my patron saint, St. Oliver Plunkett. The bell is one of two new bells, the other one is St. Moninne, being installed during the reinstallation of the bells in the tower in St. Joseph`s Redemptorist Church, Dundalk.
CatholicAgape3: "I See His Blood upon the Rose" by Joseph Mary Plunkett
Elizabe28842421: Grace The Wedding of Joseph Mary Plunkett & Grace Gifford
Elizabe28842421: 1916: The Easter Rising (Episode 3 - Joseph Plunkett)
SitelineSB: Noteworthy new listings: Hubba hubba in Hope Ranch; 1919 Villa Firenze on Mission Canyon Rd; Upper East house with potential; Craftsman charm in Bungalow Haven district; 1946 house designed by Kem Weber; Joseph Plunkett cutie in San Roque; more.
ART_BY_DEV: Joseph Mary Plunlett and Grace Gifford
New mural in Melbourne.
Plunkett was one of the original members of the group that was responsible for planning the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916.
Cont. thread
legacy_irish: Anti-Treaty poster made by Grace Gifford Plunkett, wife of executed 1916 leader Joseph Mary Plunkett
RLombardVance: It's very easy, really. You can simply refer to somebody by the name they wish to be called. Their, uh, name.
And anyway, names are only gendered by convention. Ask an Ailbhe, Ariel, Frankie, Jackie, Kim, Leigh, Pat, René, Valerie/Valéry, Vivien...
Ask Joseph Mary Plunkett.
gerry_shannon: A random (and grainy) find. The cover of the 8 July 1933 edition of An Phoblacht features a photograph of Rory O'Connor with Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford. Likely at the Plunkett home in Larkfield, O'Connor being very close to the family.
rtenews: Those in attendance outside St Oliver Plunkett Church in Strathfoyle this evening held candles in memory of Reuven Simon and Joseph Sebastian.
raichfer87: It was a beautiful vigil tonight in memory of Rueven & Joseph at St Oliver Plunkett.
The Strathfoyle community & wider city came out to show their sorrow & support for the boys families and friends.
Tonight we all remembered the boys & we will continue to carry them in our hearts
raichfer87: The strathfoyle community would like to hold a candlight vigil on Thursday 8:15pm in memory of Reuven Simon & Joseph Sebastian at St Oliver Plunkett Church.
Our hearts are sore as a community and want to express our condolences to the boys family, friends and wider community.
nwmforum: 2/3 A Strathfoyle community candlelight vigil will take place at 8.15pm at St. Oliver Plunkett. Please bring your own candles.
The Mayor of Derry's book of condolences can be signed at the Guildhall in Derry, or online at this link:
Irelandofthewel: The nephew of 1916 Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett told of his family’s disdain for both Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera.
IrishCentral: The nephew of 1916 Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett told of his family’s disdain for both Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera.
PangurBn10: Joseph Plunkett “Perhaps-Posting” in Algeria
CatholicArena: Fulton Sheen telling a great story about visiting Ireland in 1932 and forgetting a line of one of Joseph Mary Plunkett's poems.
CatholicArena: Michael Collins was a 'fanatical' reader of GK Chesterton and Joseph Mary Plunkett gifted Collins a novel of his before execution.
FolkloreIreland: Prince Joachim of Prussia, youngest son of the German Kaiser, prime candidate for both Padraig Pearse and Joseph Plunkett to take the throne of Ireland post-1916 and help re-establish a Gaelicised monarchy.
GTWMalley: I’m anti death penalty. Don’t believe in it, at all, in any context. I’m glad we executed Joseph plunkett though. Some recompense for that awful song, at least, imho
Skyseller67: I visited Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin today. I was moved by the stories behind the heroes of 1916, but being in the Chapel where Joseph Plunkett Married Grace Gifford was both exhilarating and chilling. If only the young couple knew how history would judge them?
MooreSt_Trust: "The stories that surround Moore Street are quite extraordinary"
Honor O’Brolchain, grand-niece of Joseph Mary Plunkett, explaining the historic importance of the Moore Street battlefield site.
MaryCarolanIT: Janey Mary by Joseph Plunkett. A searing indictment of how the poor are treated.
Elizabe28842421: 1916: The Easter Rising (Episode 3 - Joseph Plunkett)
OPWKilmainham: Muriel is pictured here with Barbara and her sister, Grace Plunkett, the widow of 1916 leader Joseph Plunkett. Grace was on the beach that day and deperately tried to get help to her, but to no avail. 2/2
sscjusa: "His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea."
Joseph Mary Plunkett
Elizabe28842421: 1916: The Easter Rising (Episode 3 - Joseph Plunkett)
AidanMcCourt: I See His Blood Upon the Rose, Joseph M. Plunkett. Remembering Easter 1916
GregDaly: Looking at Joseph Mary Plunkett here beside me, I’m reminded of the time I was at Mass and a youth group sang ‘Grace’, evidently thinking it a hymn about, well, Grace:
masslivenews: Kritopoulos was charged in September 2018 along with co-defendants Joseph Bates III and David Plunkett.
Elizabe28842421: Grace The Wedding of Joseph Mary Plunkett & Grace Gifford
IrishCentral: Could there have been more to the hurried tragic marriage story of Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett?
RMcGreevy1301: Was Grace Gifford pregnant when she wed Joseph Plunkett in 1916?
NewsjunkyI: Breaking headline: 'Was Grace Gifford pregnant when she wed Joseph Plunkett in 1916?',
IrishTimes: Was Grace Gifford pregnant when she wed Joseph Plunkett in 1916?
IrishRepubIic: 'The Irishman who says he would prefer to be under German rule than under English rule is a slave.'
Joseph Plunkett
_ora_pro_nobis_: I See His Blood upon the Rose by Joseph Mary Plunkett
I see his blood upon the rose
And in the stars the glory of his eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.
I see his face in every flower;
The thunder and the singing of the birds
celticfanzine: GRACE – This story and song is very much imbedded in the hearts and minds of Irish men and women
This week commemorates the anniversary of the beautiful, but heart-breaking story of the wedding between Joseph Mary Plunkett and Grace Gifford.
AIAIreland: May 4th 1916, four more leaders of the 1916 Rebellion were executed by British Imperialism. Willie Pearse, Ned Daly, Joseph Plunkett and Michael O'Hanrahan.
Fuair siad bás ar son saoirse na hÉireann.
BaltimoreParade: 4 May 1916,
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin:
Ned Daly,
Michael O'Hanrahan,
Willie Pearse,
and
Joseph Plunkett
executed by firing squad
following the Easter Rising.
Soloheadbeg1: 4th May 1916 Kilmainham Jail..
Edward Daly
Michael O’Hanrahan
William Pearse
Joseph Plunkett gave their lives for the Irish Republic
azirishcenter: On this day 106 years ago, one of Ireland's most beautiful and tragic love stories unfolded leading to the inspiration behind beloved Irish anthem "Grace." ☘
Irelandofthewel: Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett became a romantic icon due to his sad end.
IrishCentral: Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett became a romantic icon due to his sad end.
estherloveswc: You cannot go against the world
For my sake only—thus your phrase
Joseph Mary Plunkett
Irelandofthewel: Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett became a romantic icon due to his sad end.
IrishCentral: Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett became a romantic icon due to his sad end.
HistoryOfEire: Did Joseph Mary Plunkett die a virgin?
GeneralMichael4: Micheal Collins, aide-de-camp to Joseph Mary Plunkett at the GPO, during Easter Week 1916
CatholicArena: Today marks 106 years since the beginning of Ireland's Easter Rising
One of its leaders, Joseph Mary Plunkett, famously wrote the beautiful poem 'I see His Blood upon the Rose'
PeterDooleyDUB: On the 106th anniversary of the Easter Rising, Remembering Joseph Plunkett, the signatories of the proclamation and all who died in the fight for our freedom.
bigmonsterlove: Joseph Mary Plunkett would be going bananas.
PlunkettZane: No More Candice Trahan for Zane Joseph Plunkett!
Uel39840705: Grace The Wedding of Joseph Mary Plunkett & Grace Gifford
pughshunt: i stand by the fact that the song about joseph plunkett and grace is one of the saddest songs ever
jmorizwagner: By Joseph Mary Plunkett
PlunkettZane: Zane Joseph Plunkett's New Girlfriend don't Work at Peltier Lawless Developmental Center in Thibodaux, Louisiana!
gpowithistory: Joseph Plunkett, one of the signatories of the Proclamation, lived with the disease from childhood. Even during Easter Week, Plunkett was badly ill, still bandaged from an operation on his neck glands a short time previously.
