Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett was born on 4th March 1888. She was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the Republican movement. She married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol only a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising.
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Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett died on 13 December 1955. She was an Irish artist and cartoonist who was active in the Republican movement, who married her fiancé Joseph Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol only a few hours before he was executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Image: Young Ireland: Grace Gifford by William Orpen, from around 1907.
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