John McBride (Seán Mac Giolla Bhríde) died on 5 May 1916 in Kilmainham Gaol. He was executed by the British for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. McBride took part in the Second Boer War on the Boer side, for whom he raised the Irish Transvaal Brigade which became known as MacBride's Brigade. In 1903 he married Maud Gonne. The following year their son Seán MacBride was born.

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Rising from a domestic Irish political career, Seán MacBride founded or participated in many international organisations of the 20th century, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe and Amnesty International. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, the Lenin Peace Prize for 1975 - 1976 and the UNESCO Silver Medal for Service in 1980. 2/2

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Seán MacBride was born on 26 January 1904 in Paris, the son of John MacBride and Maud Gonne. His father was executed by the British government for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. 1/2

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@bullivant Those lines are from a very different poem. Here's #OnAChildsDeath http://markandrewholmes.com/onachildsdeath.html The poem you quote, No Second Troy, was published in 1916, and is blaming #MaudGonne for the #EasterRising, which is pretty ripe considering #Yeats' own play #KathleenNiHoulihan inspired some of those who went out to fight in the #Rising

From 'No second Troy', 1916:

Why should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways
Or hurled the little streets upon the great.

Yeats' 1893 poem "On a Child's Death" is thought to have been inspired by the death of Gonne's son Georges, whom Yeats thought Gonne had adopted.

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On 21st December 1886 Maud Gonne MacBride (Maud Nic Ghoinn Bean Mhic Giolla Bhríghde) was born. She became an inspiration and muse for WB Yeats. She was a complicated character and was described as "noisily anti-Semitic."

Yeats' poem "Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" ends with a reference to her:

I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

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