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Historical fiction: Rebel Sisters, Marita Conlon-McKenna, Transworld Ireland, pbk, 400 pages, €19.50
Grace Gifford, who married Joseph Plunkett on the eve of his execution.
Anne Cunningham
A book about three real sisters involved in the Easter Rising shines a welcome light on the brave women of 1916.
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