The secrets of the 1916 Proclamation and how one Englishman was pivotal in making it happen

The secrets of the 1916 Proclamation and how one Englishman was pivotal in making it happen

Printmaker Mary Plunkett looks at a copy of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic with an expert eye.

She has a deep knowledge of the craft of letterpress, but there’s a family link here too because her grand-uncle, Joseph Plunkett, was the youngest of the seven signatories.

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