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Sir Rod Stewart was overcome with emotion throughout an look on RTÉ’s The Late Late Show in 2019. The Maggie May hitmaker, 80, was offered with the primary version of a basic 1916 guide by the host Ryan Tubridy. The singer has a well-known cowl of Grace, a tune which depicts the life and tragic romance between Grace Evelyn Gifford Plunkett and Joseph Plunkett. The pair married within the chapel at Kilmainham Gaol simply hours earlier than Joseph was executed by a firing squad in 1916.

“We were trying to think of something as a present we could give to you because we like what you’ve done with that story,” Tubridy mentioned. “So we’ve found a collection of poetry by Joseph Mary Plunkett and it was published in 1916, it’s a first edition and it’s our gift from us to you.”

Sir Rod was gifted a primary version guide of poetry written by 1916 revolutionary Joseph Mary Plunkett.

Irish revolutionary chief Joseph married Grace simply hours earlier than he was executed for his position within the 1916 Easter Rising – which was a riot in opposition to British rule in Ireland.

After the marriage, Grace was allowed to spend ten minutes in her husband’s jail cell below heavy supervision.

She by no means married once more, regardless of being simply 28 years of age on the time of her husband’s execution. Grace died in Dublin in 1955 on the age of 67.

Rod was visibly emotional as he obtained the present and mentioned, “That is truly amazing, thank you so much.”

In an interview with Billboard, Rod beforehand mentioned that he wasn’t allowed to carry out ‘Grace’ throughout an look on BBC as a result of anti-English overtones within the tune.

“Also, they won’t let me sing ‘Grace’ because of its Irish, anti-English overtones in the song,” he mentioned.

“Forget about it, it’s one of the greatest love songs ever written.

“The guy goes to his death 15 minutes the next morning after he’s been married and I can’t sing that one either.”

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/2064789/popular-1916-book-rod-stewart-tears