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- It follows the story of Captain James Macleane (Miller) and Will Plunkett (Carlyle), two men in eighteenth century Britain who are both struggling to survive. The characters are loosely based on two genuine highwaymen of the eighteenth century, James MacLaine and William Plunkett, although the story bears little relation to their actual lives.
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Oct 1, 1999 · Will Plunkett (Robert Carlyle) and Captain James Macleane (Jonny Lee Miller), two men from different ends of the social spectrum in eighteenth century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings.
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- Who Was Grace Gifford Plunkett?
- What Is The Story Behind The Song 'Grace'?
- What Happened to Grace Gifford Plunkett After Joseph Plunkett Was executed?
- Where Is Grace Gifford Plunkett Buried?
Grace Gifford was born in Dublin to a Protestant mother and Catholic father in 1888, 28 years before the failed rising at the GPO which would inspire Ireland to finally break free of the British Empire. A talented artist, whose work focused on cartoons, Grace was active in the Republican movement despite being raised Protestant and living an afflue...
Hearing that her fiancé was to be executed by firing squad at dawn, Grace bought a ring from a Dublin jewelers and pleaded with the military authorities to allow their wedding to take place. As the famous song goes, Grace and Joseph were married on the grounds of the prison, hours before Joseph Plunkett was executed for his role in the Easter Risin...
Struggling for money and for housing, with just her cartoons to sell to make a meagre wage, the chance of financial security was withheld by her in-laws, who denied her husband's will, which stated that all of his money be left to her, as it contained only one witness' signature. Joseph Plunkett, in his final letter to his soon-to-be-widow, had req...
Grace Gifford-Plunkett died in 1955 at the age of 67, and was buried with full military honours, close to her husband's final resting place in Glasnevin Cemetery. Her grave continues to receive countless visitors each year, many who were moved by the song which put music to Joseph Plunkett's last thoughts.
- Rachael O'connor
Mar 18, 2000 · Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00. Grace Gifford Plunkett suffered two bereavements in 1916. She married Joseph Mary Plunkett in Kilmainham Jail four hours before his execution, and had a miscarriage in...
May 18, 2022 · Plunkett, a signatory of the Proclamation, was executed on May 4th, 1916, seven hours after he married Gifford who came from a well-to-do Protestant family in south Dublin.
- Ronan Mcgreevy
Plunkett & Macleane is a 1999 British historical action comedy film directed by Jake Scott, and starring Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Liv Tyler. Gary Oldman was executive producer. The story was co-written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish republican, poet and journalist. As a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising, he was one of the seven signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Plunkett married Grace Gifford in 1916, seven hours before his execution.
Oct 1, 1999 · Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings.
