Unlikely Rebels: The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom

Unlikely Rebels: The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom
ISBN-10
1856357120
ISBN-13
9781856357128
Category
Ireland
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Mercier Press Ltd
Author
Anne Clare

Description

The Gifford sisters, Grace (later Plunkett), Muriel (later MacDonagh), Nellie (later Donnelly), and Sydney (later Czira) were key figures in the Republican struggle during the 1916 period. Grace Gifford is one of the tragic stories of the 1916 Easter Rising, but the poignancy of her brief marriage to the executed rebel leader Joseph Mary Plunkett has tended to overshadow her family's deep commitment to the cause of the Irish Republic. Grace was the second youngest of twelve children. Despite coming from a strongly unionist background and being raised in the Protestant faith, the Gifford sisters became heavily involved with the republican Irish movement and with the fight for Irish freedom. Both in Ireland and in America they supported the republican cause, despite the heartache and difficulties this caused them. This fascinating book tells the stories of the four sisters in the context of their time, with a light touch that belies the depth of detail involved.

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