There was only ever one wedding in Kilmainham Gaol, and it was between Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford. Since the service was spoken in Latin, the priest didn’t face the congregation. This was because the priest was the one leading the mass, and the congregation followed.
After the wedding, Joseph and Grace were told that they could have ten minutes alone together. But they weren’t really alone because there were soldiers in the cell with them. After the ten minutes, one of the soldiers said,
“ Ma’am, your time is up.” Grace took a lock of Joseph’s hair and his wedding ring to remember him by. Joseph was executed the following day.
Arbour hill is the graveyard where all the seven signatories of the proclamation were buried .Some of the British soldiers are also buried their too. There is a building in Arbour Hill and is used to be a prison. We know this because the building has barbwire on it so the prisoners can’t escape .The yard where the Irish soldiers are buried used to be an exercise yard for the prisoners in on the wall in front of the Irish soldiers grave. There is a memoir written in Irish and English to all participants involved in the rising
By Éimear Dunne and Aaron Harvey
