Letter from Peter McBrien to Geraldine Plunkett Dillon, 15 October 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Peter McBrien

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A letter from Peter McBrien to Geraldine Plunkett Dillon (1891-1986). The letter refers to a collection of Joseph's poetry which was posthumously published under the title 'The poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett' and edited by Geraldine, who also provided a preface. McBrien praises both the preface and the book.Geraldine was a sister of Joseph Mary Plunkett, one of the signatories of the proclamation of the Irish republic who was executed for his part in the Easter Rising. Geraldine married her fiancé, Tommy Dillon (1884-1971), on Easter Sunday 1916. Tommy, an Irish Volunteer, was ordered to manufacture explosives in the Imperial Hotel opposite the GPO where they spent their wedding night. Geraldine and Tommy managed to escape Dublin during Easter week.

 Military Archives of Ireland Bureau of Military History Contemporary Documents, Geraldine Plunkett Dillon Collection, BMH CD/5/8/19 https://letters1916.ie/item/1261 English Peter McBrien 1916-10-15 56 Fitzroy Avenue, Dublin Geraldine Plunkett Dillon Male Culture and the Arts Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 56 Fitzroy Av., Dublin 15th. Oct., 1916 Dear Mrs. Dillon, I am sorry to be adding to your work and worry at such a time as this. Your preface I liked very much; what struck me most about it was its homeliness, sincerity, and its sense of the difficulty of reaching to the mastery of his instrument your brother showed. On the whole I agree with your criticism of his work, too. The whole book is very fine and will live. I am, dear Mrs. Dillon, Very gratefully yours, Peter McBrien P.S. : I shall be at Larkfield about 8.15, p.m., next Tuesday, 17 th. : your sister must be blessing me. PMcB. Peter McBrien Letter from Peter McBrien to Geraldine Plunkett Dillon, 15 October 1916 56 Fitzroy Avenue, Dublin Letter from Peter McBrien to Geraldine Plunkett Dillon, 15 October 1916