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Plunkett (Grace), widow of Joseph Mary Plunkett. A 'Vote for Barton' election Poster or Handbill, the original pen-and-ink design, signed, circa 11 ½" x 8" (29cms x 20cms), showing Myles Byrne and Michael Dwyer under a banner reading 'We claimed Liberty for Ireland / NOT Foreign Mastery', over the message 'Vote for Barton / The man who makes the same claim.'/ The man who denies the right of the / stranger to govern Ireland./ The man who stands for the interests of the farmer' (interestingly, the final line apparently crossed out in pencil.).
Signed on back, 'R.C. Barton'. Robert Barton, a Wicklow landowner, joined the British Army and fought in France, but resigned his commission after the executions in 1916, joined Sinn Fein and the Irish Volunteers, was elected to the First Dail and became a Minister. He was a Treaty negotiator in 1921, agreed at the last minute to sign, but later changed his mind.
Grace Plunkett, nee Gifford, was from a South Dublin Unionist family. She married Joseph Mary Plunkett the afternoon before his execution. (1)
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