Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (born 1887)

Joseph Plunkett

Irish republican, poet and journalist (1887-1916)

Joseph Plunkett was an Irish republican, poet and journalist. As a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising, he was one of the seven signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Plunkett married Grace Gifford in 1916, seven hours before his execution.