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Geraldine Plunkett was a daughter of Count George Noble Plunkett and a sister of Joseph Mary Plunkett. She became Joe’s aide-de-camp and knew all the 1916 leaders. She and Joe lived in Larkfield cottage in Kimmage where they stored guns and ammunition, and a lot of drilling, etc, occurred. Joe brought in Michael Collins to help her with the family accounts.

Tom Dillon, originally from Co Sligo, married Geraldine Plunkett, on Easter Sunday 1916. The Plunkett family were practically all committed to the Rising, and the subsequent War of Independence. Tom qualified from UCD as a chemist, worked with the Volunteers, and supplied them with a steady stream of hand grenades and bombs. In May 17 1918 he was arrested and interned with other Irish Rebels, in Gloucester prison, England.

Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford were to have a joint wedding with his sister Geraldine Plunkett and her fiancé Tom Dillon, at the Rathmines church, Easter Sunday, April 24 1916. The confusion about the on/off Rising, the rumours about the possibility of Roger Casement being taken prisoner in Kerry, kept the couples guessing as to what would happen. But Joseph, one of the principle organisers of the Rising, probably knew more that what he said to his sister, that Grace ‘did not know the smallest thing about the political situation, and had no idea whatever of such things’.*

Padraic Pearse, the self-identified President of the Provisional Government, and Commandant-General of the Army of the Irish Republic was rushed to the gallows, or in this case to the grim stonebreakers yard at Kilmainham jail.

Easter Sunday was a massive day of celebration in many parts of the World to commemorate the 1916 Rising and will no doubt be a memorable day for many Irish people both home and abroad. But while all the Celebrations were taking place in Ireland, a 15-year-old Galway girl from Renmore – Clare Celine Quinn stole the hearts of an audience in New York in Carnegie Hall with a performance described by the organising committee as “stunning” and “astonishing”. Clare was awarded a First Place and Judge’s Distinction in the prestigious American Protégé International Music Talent Competition. As the winner, Clare was asked to perform “Parla Piu Piano” (The Love Theme from the Godfather). Such was the impact and power of her performance, the audience all rose to applaud young Clare for several minutes before she left the stage to shouts of “bravo”. After the event, Clare said “it was such a thrill to perform in the wonderful iconic Musical Venue and something she will always treasure”

Lifeboat crews from Achill RNLI and Ballyglass RNLI took part in the Easter Sunday 1916 centenary commemoration which saw some 700 members of the Irish emergency services taking part in the State parade. Ballyglass RNLI coxswain John Walsh and Achill RNLI second coxswain Dave Curtis joined 50 of the charity’s volunteers and staff who came from lifeboat stations around the Irish coast and inland to parade through Dublin city centre to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising. Dave Curtis carried the RNLI’s flag for the charity in the parade.

During a historic broadcast on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta from Pearse’s Cottage in Rosmuc in Connemara on Easter Monday, President Michael D Higgins said that the revival of the Irish language was a central aim of the generation who rose up on Easter Monday 1916, and that it was a fitting tribute to those leaders that the programme be broadcast from there on Easter Monday.

Trocaire, the Irish Catholic Agency for World Development, is asking people to return its Easter collection boxes to their local parishes as the organisation prepares to put these generous donations into use.

I have not spoken with you since the terrible events in Brussels when evil stalked that lovely city in the two dreadful events at the airport and the metro.

Due to popular demand will perform their live show ‘The Story of Swing’ at The Town Hall Theatre, Westport on Easter Sunday, March 27. A musical timeline of swing classics of the 1920’s to a modern day contemporary twist that features the music of Louis Armstrong, The Rat Pack, Michael Buble, Paolo Nutini and more.