The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
EIGHTH PLUNKETT
TO DIE A MARTYR
Joseph Came Of Line Of Irish
Patriots: the First Was
Executed in 1881.
ALL DEvOrT CATHOLICS
NJ VINCENT dep. rrTzPATRuCK.

When Thomas Moore. the Irish poet.
wrote the last exquisite couplet OF the
song Farewell, and When You We'll
come the Hour" he portrayed in hat
couplet the spirit OF IRISH patriotism and
the unyielding courage which is handed
down from generation TO generation in
the land where the shamrock grows:
You may break. you may sha,tct the vase
,,, at YOUR wil
It still.
Jail in Dublin a handsome Irishtnan in
his thirtics stood ciasping the hand of a
young woman. who promised to TAX
him as her husband until death did
them part"
The marriage ceremony performed.
Grace Clifford. the wife OF Joseph
F1unkctt OF l~.ongford. ireland. II
leader in the recent lri. h rebellion. sat
with him through the night until the day
dawned at the sunrise of which he was
10 fall before the firing squad commits
stoned by the Bri.s, Government to
punish him. Instead OF a wedding dress
the bride wore widows weeds.
At sunrise Joseph Plunkett with
three companions was taken into tho
courtyard of the prison and executed
When he fell. the eighth member OF his
family had become "A victim Of the
British observation-disclosures. all OF
them. on the charge OF treason.
DrOthcrs' Sentences Com muted.
When the shots that brought Plunkctt's
death were fired. two OF his brothers.
Georgia md 1nhn Ivpnlnft tx.ya in
prison awaiting trial. They took part
In the recent uprising and they too were
sentenced to death on charges of treason.
but this sentence was later to
ten years Imprisonment. \ few days
later. while the eartn was loose upon
III: grave OF their son. the parents OF
this irish hero. Count Plunkctt ,George
Noble plunk.tt) and his wife were ar
rested OF the charge OF treason-a whole
family charged wiki treason.
The deeds of the plunketts cover many
pages OF Irish history No dou1t as the
bride and the bridegroom SAT .n that
cell OF Wednesday night Of last seek
they talked of this history-a history
which in one sense has no parallel in
the annals of any other nation In the
world. Joseph Plunkett had received n
heritage of which he was proud-a herit-
age OF devotion TO the Irish cause.
fIullhtll lONfu IltldIu ana iiulAh'At
hated England. That love and that
hatred had come TO him through the
centuries.
The story OF Joseph Plunkett and
the woina who married him n his death
cell Will take its place s.de by side with
the love romance OF Robert t:mmet. VINO
sealed his verdict when he was unable
to persuade himself to fee from the
neighborhood where dwell, sweet Sarah
Curran.
On May 4. 1916. Joseph PIurhett be-
came the eighth member % his family
TO suffer execution by England OF IN,
charge OF treason. on July II, 1851,
! Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became the
first member OF the family TO suffer such
a fate.
Archbishop Plunkett had been driven
from his episcopal home had taken
shelter in the humblcst matched cot
,age in Ireland had slept IN the woods
and in caves. while the redcoats for
months sought hin In every nook and
corner Of the land. placing a price upon
his head and threatening death to any
one VINO gave him sucCOr. Writs for his
arrest We're frequent, Az last he was
captured and EAST into prison in Dublin
Castle. December .. 1879,