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Mar 3, 2020 · With Olwen Fouéré, Padraig Cullen, Michael Heavey, Siobhan Lynam. The true and forgotten story of Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor to Ireland, who shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range as she faced a Fascist mob in Rome in 1926.
- (21)
- Documentary, Drama
- Barrie Dowdall, Kevin de la Isla O'Neill
- 2020-03-03
Feb 21, 2021 · On 7 April 1926 an Irish woman stepped out from a crowd in Rome and fired a shot at one of the 20th century's most infamous dictators. One bullet grazed the nose of Benito Mussolini, but...
Mar 22, 2021 · The Little-Known Story of Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini. A free radio documentary tells the tale of the long-overlooked individual who nearly killed the Italian dictator...
- Nora Mcgreevy
Feb 19, 2021 · The true and forgotten story of Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor to Ireland, who shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolin. Director: Barrie Dowdall and Kevin de la Isla O’Neill...
- 2 min
- 20.2K
- Chicago Irish Film Festival
In 1926, 49-year-old Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, a debutant at the Court of Queen Victoria, shot Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range in front of an adoring crowd in CampidoglIo Rome.
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A film drama-documentary, Violet Gibson, The Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini (2020) starring Olwen Fouéré, was commissioned by TG4 and produced by Barrie Dowdall and Siobhán Lynam. Gibson's story is the subject of [Noggin Theatre Company]'s play Violet Gibson: The Woman Who Shot Mussolini.
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Sep 15, 2021 · The woman was Violet Gibson, born in Dalkey and raised in aristocratic splendour on Merrion Square, daughter of the Lord Chancellor. Gibson came the closest to success of the four...
