Joseph mary plunkett biography of michael jordan

Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887 - 1916)

Irish Patriot, Poet, Writer, Linguist, Gaelic League member, Irish Volunteer, Irish Republican,

Easter Proclamation Signatory.

Executed Leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Early Life

Joseph Mary Plunkett, the second of seven children, was born on November 21, 1887 in Dublin to George Noble Plunkett and Josephine Plunkett (nee Cranny).

Plunkett's father was a wealthy barrister, a landowner and a property developer.  He was made a Papal Count in 1884 for donating money and property to a nascent Roman Catholic nursing order.

He was also a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher.  In addition to his virtuous spiritual dimension he was an ardent Irish Nationalist and, after the Easter