Joseph Mary Plunkett Papers,

1904-1916.

This collection consists mostly of drafts of Joseph Mary Plunkett's poetry, along with a small amount of correspondence, political prose and important material relating to the attempt to form an Irish Brigade from British Prisoners of War in Germany in 1915.

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Main Creator: Plunkett, Joseph Mary, 1887-1916
Contributors: Casement, Roger, 1864-1916
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Notes:Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916), writer and revolutionary leader, was executed for his role in organising and directing the Easter Rising of 1916. A member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the executive of the Irish Volunteers, Plunkett was one of a very small group of key planners on the IRB's secretive military council, including Eamonn Ceannt, Sean MacDiarmada and Thomas Clarke, who were primarily responsible for the planning of the Easter Rising. Plunkett was the son of a prominent landowning Catholic family and his father, George Noble Plunkett (1851-1948), was a significant public figure in Nationalist Ireland. Joseph Mary Plunkett was educated at the elite Stoneyhurst College in Lancahsire, and briefly in a Marist institution in Paris. A committed revolutionary, he was a member of the executive of the Irish Volunteers at the movement's foundation. The association with the Plunkett family's prominence and respectablity was an important asset to the fledging organisation. Plunkett was an unlikely military leader suffering from bouts of ill health all his life but he was widely respected by his peers in Ireland's separatist circles and displayed genuine physical courage throughout Easter week 1916. He was executed by firing squad on 4th May 1916. Plunkett published his first book of verse 'The Circle and the Sword' in 1911, followed by 'Occulta' in 1915, and he became editor of 'The Irish Review" in 1913. Under his guidance, 'The Irish Review' became publicly associated with the Irish Volunteers and published their manifesto to a wide readership.

Physical description: 17 folders.

Citations/References: Originally listed in 'Manuscript sources for the history of Irish civilisation' edited by Richard J. Haye (Boston : G. K. Hall, 1965).

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Letter from Joseph Mary Plunkett, Grand Hotel de la Regence, Alger [Algiers], Algeria, to his mother, Mary Josephine Plunkett, regarding the proofs for his book 'The Circle and the Sword' and his stay in Algeria,

1911 October 22.
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Joseph Mary Plunkett Papers, 1904-1916
Description:Mentions Thomas MacDonagh and James Stephens: "I have had no letter from Tomas [sic], I mean MacDonagh, though I wrote to him. James Stephens saw some of the proofs and wrote me a letter of extravagant praise saying also that I was up against him and that he was clinging tightly to his own private laurels in trepidation".
Main Creator: Plunkett, Joseph Mary, 1887-1916
Language:English
Extent:1 item (2pp.)
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 10,999/3/6 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.