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20th October 2022
03:18pm BST

“In recent years the City Council has been working to put a focus on the women of history, with Commemorative Plaques being erected in memory of women like Kathleen Lynn and Madeleine Ffrench-Mullen, Anna Parnell, Margaret Keogh, Jane Wilde, and Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington.” “I am pleased to be unveiling another plaque to a woman, a Dubliner who suffered from misogyny and from the stigma surrounding mental illness, due to which her real motivations were deliberately obscured.”Siobhán Lynam, creator of the 2014 RTÉ radio documentary, The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini said:
“I’m honoured to be here for the unveiling of this plaque to commemorate Violet Gibson who was, for nearly a century, a mere passing footnote in the history of Italian fascism.” “Violet was a highly intelligent, artistically gifted, well-travelled and bold-thinking woman. The rise and violence of fascism in Italy horrified her. Of all the would-be assassins of Mussolini, she came closest to changing the course of history.Header image via networkirelandtelevision.com READ NEXT: The most Christmassy pub in Dublin and other spots taking Christmas bookings