Grace

A State of Emergency

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Hannah Gadsby, an Australian comedian, once commented that we tend to focus on the differences between men and women much more than the similarities. Fact is, she said, the similarities far outweigh the differences. For one, we are both the same species. So, if we wanted to talk about differences in stark terms, comparing men and women to zebras would yield far greater discrepancies.

Hellraisers Journals: The New York Times Reports on Wedding of Grace Gifford & Joseph Plunkett

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones
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Monday May 8, 1916
Report from Dublin on the Wedding of a Martyred Irish Rebel

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WE NEVER FORGET: Irish Rebels Executed at Kilmainham Gaol May 4-5, 1916

In a few hours I shall be with my God, where I will
plead the cause of my beloved Ireland.
-Michael O'Hanrahan
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WE NEVER FORGET
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Executed at Kilmainham on May 4, 1916
Joseph Mary Plunkett
1887-1916
Edward Daly
1891-1916
Michael O'Hanrahan
1877-1916
William Pearse
1881-1916

Executed at Kilmainham on May 5, 1916
John MacBride
1865-1916

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