Early life:
Joseph Mary Plunkett was born in November 1887; he lived with his mother and father at 42 Upper Mount Street, Dublin. When he was young he became very ill with tuberculosis in 1911, so he spent part of his youth in the warmer climates of the Mediterranean and North Africa in the hope that it would help improve his health. He was educated at the Catholic University School, and later at Belvedere College.
Before the rising:
Throughout his life, Joseph Plunkett took an active interest in Irish heritage and the Irish language; he became friends with Thomas MacDonagh. The two were both poets with an interest in theater, both were early members of the Irish Volunteers. In August 1915, he was appointed to the military council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Plunkett was one of the original members of the IRB Military Committee that was and it responsible for planning the rising.
1916 rising:
Shortly before the rising Plunkett was hospitalized following a turn for the worse in his health. He had an operation on his neck glands days before Easter. This left him very weak and he had to struggle out of bed to take in the rising. Still bandaged and weak, he took his place in the General Post Office with several other leaders such as Patrick Pearse and Tom Clarke; although he took part this health prevented him from being terribly active. He was a signatory to the proclamation of the provisional government of the Irish republic.
Aftermath of the rising:
Following the surrender Plunkett was taken to Kilmainham gaol, where he was court-martialled and sentenced to death. Long before the rising in 1915 Plunkett fell in love with an artist and nationalist Grace Gifford and got engaged in December that year. The couple had planned to marry on Easter Sunday but was put off by the rising, which was due to begin the next day.
Day of execution:
On the 3rd of May 1916 just hours before his execution, he married Grace Gifford by candlelight in Kilmainham chapel, which was attended by two armed soldiers. At two o'clock the following morning Grace was given just ten minutes to be with her husband in his cell. Soon after Joseph Mary Plunkett was executed by firing squad.
Joseph Mary Plunkett was born in November 1887; he lived with his mother and father at 42 Upper Mount Street, Dublin. When he was young he became very ill with tuberculosis in 1911, so he spent part of his youth in the warmer climates of the Mediterranean and North Africa in the hope that it would help improve his health. He was educated at the Catholic University School, and later at Belvedere College.
Before the rising:
Throughout his life, Joseph Plunkett took an active interest in Irish heritage and the Irish language; he became friends with Thomas MacDonagh. The two were both poets with an interest in theater, both were early members of the Irish Volunteers. In August 1915, he was appointed to the military council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Plunkett was one of the original members of the IRB Military Committee that was and it responsible for planning the rising.
1916 rising:
Shortly before the rising Plunkett was hospitalized following a turn for the worse in his health. He had an operation on his neck glands days before Easter. This left him very weak and he had to struggle out of bed to take in the rising. Still bandaged and weak, he took his place in the General Post Office with several other leaders such as Patrick Pearse and Tom Clarke; although he took part this health prevented him from being terribly active. He was a signatory to the proclamation of the provisional government of the Irish republic.
Aftermath of the rising:
Following the surrender Plunkett was taken to Kilmainham gaol, where he was court-martialled and sentenced to death. Long before the rising in 1915 Plunkett fell in love with an artist and nationalist Grace Gifford and got engaged in December that year. The couple had planned to marry on Easter Sunday but was put off by the rising, which was due to begin the next day.
Day of execution:
On the 3rd of May 1916 just hours before his execution, he married Grace Gifford by candlelight in Kilmainham chapel, which was attended by two armed soldiers. At two o'clock the following morning Grace was given just ten minutes to be with her husband in his cell. Soon after Joseph Mary Plunkett was executed by firing squad.
5 comments:
aw man my picture didnt come up :(
stupid blog:(
ha
we didnt really become friends as such. You had an interest in Literary pursuits, in order to support this prospect your mum found you a tutor... ME!
I really dug your poetry man, so i kept you around. We did eventually become family buddy! I pimped you out to my babymama's sister.
Oh and if you click this link it'll bring you to a proper picture of your guy, just go into edit your blogg and add it in!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f28/sammyfromalabamy/Napoleon%20Dynamite%20Pics/Pedro.jpg
addy made me put the foto up!!
hahaha that dude looks like your man off of Americas most wanted haha
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