1916 Documentary - Joseph Plunkett

As Easter is upon us, here is the brilliant Seachtar na Casca series, which aired on TG4 last year.


Joseph Mary Plunkett was an Irish nationalist, poet, journalist, and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Following the surrender Plunkett was held in Kilmainham Gaol, and faced a court martial. Hours before his execution by firing squad at the age of 28, he was married in the prison chapel to his sweetheart Grace Gifford,