#otd 1955 - Grace Gifford Plunkett died suddenly aged 67 in her flat on Sth Richmond St, Portobello and is buried in Glasnevin. If you haven't already check out this video by @OPWKilmainham on Grace's Civil War artwork while a prisoner in the gaol in 1923: https://www.facebook.com/kilmainhamgaolmuseum/videos/1167473246928641/
2/ Damaged B&W original Madonna & Child by Grace Gifford Plunkett in 1923, pre-Kilmainham Gaol Restoration Society c.1960s/70s
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Today's Madonna & Child painted over by artist & President of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (1982-1992) Thomas Ryan
2/ Damaged B&W original Madonna & Child by Grace Gifford Plunkett in 1923, pre-Kilmainham Gaol Restoration Society c.1960s/70s VS Today's Madonna & Child painted over by artist & President of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (1982-1992) Thomas Ryan
2/ Damaged B&W original Madonna & Child by Grace Gifford Plunkett in 1923, pre-Kilmainham Gaol Restoration Society c.1960s/70s VS Today's Madonna & Child painted over by artist & President of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (1982-1992) Thomas Ryan
2/ Damaged B&W original Madonna & Child by Grace Gifford Plunkett in 1923, pre-Kilmainham Gaol Restoration Society c.1960s/70s VS Today's Madonna & Child painted over by artist & President of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (1982-1992) Thomas Ryan
2/ Damaged B&W original Madonna & Child by Grace Gifford Plunkett in 1923, pre-Kilmainham Gaol Restoration Society c.1960s/70s VS Today's Madonna & Child painted over by artist & President of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (1982-1992) Thomas Ryan
3/Another mural by Grace of a "Dancing Ballerina Girl" on the wall of her cell which has since disappeared. Photographed in the late 1950s by George Morrison during filming of Mise Éire in the gaol.
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