Dancing in the Wind: Extract 8: A MOMENT OF TRUTH
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John MacBride
Dancing in the Wind Extract 2: MacBride is Shot
The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more
Maud Gonne hears of John MacBride’s Execution
The story has shifted to 1916. Maud and Iseult are living in Normandy, as the first world war wages and in Dublin, Irish freedom fighters have organized a botched insurrection. Many of their Irish friends and acquaintances were involved. This extract describes what happens when Maud Gonne hears of John MacBride’s Execution for his part.
The execution of John MacBride: Ireland’s Easter Rebellion 1916
This is a scene reimagining the execution of John MacBride, Maud Gonne’s husband, for his part in the 1916 Rising. His death was to change life for Maud and Iseult forever.