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Joseph Plunkett
Sign in to saveAlso known as Seosamh Pluincéid, Seosamh Máire Pluincéid, Seosamh Pluinceid, Seosamh Maire Pluinceid, Joseph Mary Plunkett, Joseph M. Plunkett, Joe Plunkett
Irish nationalist, poet, journalist and 1916 Easter Rising leader
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- Works
- 1
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1887-12-21 ) 21 December 1887, Dublin , Ireland
- Died
- 4 May 1916 (1916-05-04) (aged 28), Kilmainham Gaol , Dublin, Ireland
- Cause of death
- Execution by firing squad
- Buried
- Arbour Hill Prison , Dublin
- Allegiance
- Irish Republic
- Branch
- Irish Volunteers
- Service years
- 1913–1916
- Rank
- Commandant
- Commands
- Director of Military Operations, GHQ
- Conflicts
- Easter Rising
- Memorials
- Waterford Plunkett railway station
- Spouse
- Grace Gifford ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Kilmainham Gaol
- Father
- George Noble Plunkett
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Stonyhurst College
- Political party
- Irish Republican Brotherhood
- Languages spoken
- Irish
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Conflict
- Easter Rising
- Image
- Joseph Mary Plunkett.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1887-11-21
- date of death
- 1916-05-04
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- allegiance
- Irish Volunteers
- Commons category
- Joseph Plunkett
- P12749
- Leon Cooper
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- member of
- Irish Republican Brotherhood
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) 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.
Background
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