Grace Plunkett Papers.
Grace Plunkett Papers; Letters from Joseph Mary Plunkett to Grace Gifford containing several poems by Plunkett, 1915-1916; Published cartoons by Grace Plunkett, mostly from periodicals ‘Irish Life’ and ‘Irish Fun’ of a political and social satirical nature with newspaper cuttings, 1913-1923; A scrapbook relating to Joseph Mary Plunkett, compiled by Grace Plunkett, mainly newspaper cuttings, photographs and an autograph introduction by Grace Plunkett describing her marriage to Joseph Mary Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol, [1922?]; Short biographical sketch of Joseph Mary Plunkett written by Grace Plunkett while a prisoner in Kilmainham Gaol, 1923; Copies of newspaper cuttings and photographs, mostly collected by Grace Plunkett, relating to Joseph Mary Plunkett and other leaders of the Easter Rising, 1936-1955; Statement by Grace Plunkett relating to Joseph Plunkett and his role in the Easter Rising, prepared for the Bureau of Military History, 1949; Copies, in the hand of Grace Plunkett, of an unpublished poem, 1940.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Physical description: 1 box. Citations/References: Originally listed in 'Manuscript sources for the history of Irish civilisation' edited by Richard J. Hayes (Boston : G. K. Hall, 1965). more |
| Arrangement: | Fonds |
| Provenance: | This collection was donated to the National Library of Ireland in 1977. |
Grace Plunkett Papers.
| In Collection: | Grace Plunkett Papers |
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| Description: | Grace Plunkett Papers; Letters from Joseph Mary Plunkett to Grace Gifford containing several poems by Plunkett, 1915-1916; Published cartoons by Grace Plunkett, mostly from periodicals ‘Irish Life’ and ‘Irish Fun’ of a political and social satirical nature with newspaper cuttings, 1913-1923; A scrapbook relating to Joseph Mary Plunkett, compiled by Grace Plunkett, mainly newspaper cuttings, photographs and an autograph introduction by Grace Plunkett describing her marriage to Joseph Mary Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol, [1922?]; Short biographical sketch of Joseph Mary Plunkett written by Grace Plunkett while a prisoner in Kilmainham Gaol, 1923; Copies of newspaper cuttings and photographs, mostly collected by Grace Plunkett, relating to Joseph Mary Plunkett and other leaders of the Easter Rising, 1936-1955; Statement by Grace Plunkett relating to Joseph Plunkett and his role in the Easter Rising, prepared for the Bureau of Military History, 1949; Copies, in the hand of Grace Plunkett, of an unpublished poem, 1940. Grace Gifford Plunkett was born 4 March 1888 at 8 Temple Villas, Palmerston Park, Rathmines, Dublin. She and her sisters rejected the unionist beliefs of their parents and became republicans. She studied at the Metropolitan School of Art and won two prizes in her early years and went on to attend the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1907-1908. She returned to Dublin and became associate with George Russell, Thomas MacDonagh and Padraic Pearse and became increasingly involved in republican politics and joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann. She was a frequent visitor of the Dublin United Arts Club and contributed illustrations to various newspapers and journals, such as the ‘Irish Review’ and ‘Irish Life’ and the suffrage monthly the ‘Irish Citizen’. In December 1915 she became engaged to Joseph Plunkett, a key organiser of the 1916 Rising. It was only after Plunkett’s arrest that they were married in Kilmainham jail on the 4th of May, hours before his execution. She was later appointed to the Sinn Féin executive at its convention in October 1917 and used her skills as an artist to produce banners and posters and one of her caricatures was distributed as a handbill by Irish Women Worker’s Union on May Day in 1919. That year she published her first book entitled ‘To hold as ‘twere.’ Gifford Plunkett opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty. In 1923 she was arrested for participating in a demonstration with the Women’s Prisoners Defense League and held in Kilmainham Jail and the North Dublin Union. Her political activism largely ceased after the Civil War and she continued to produce cartoons as well as publishing some of her poetry in the ‘Catholic Bulletin’. She suffered with poor health in her later years and died on 13 December 1955 in 52 South Richmond Street Dublin. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 box. |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 21,589-21,599
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |