A REBEL WEDDING.
PLUNKETT MARRIED BEFORE
EXECUTION.
(Press A>ssn,—Reed. 4.5 p.m.)
LONDON, May 6. Official: A few hours before execution iPlunkett was married in prison to Grace Gifford, the sister of the rebel McDonagh's widow. Thirty-six rebels were court-martial led on Thursday. John M-c-Bride, William Cosgrove and Thomas Hunter were sentenced to death. Mcßride was executed on Friday and the others had their sentences commuted to servitude for life.
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Northern Advocate, 8 May 1916, Page 3
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69A REBEL WEDDING. Northern Advocate, 8 May 1916, Page 3
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