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Dublin woman who tried to assassinate Mussolini commemorated

RedFM News
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11:31 20 Oct 2022


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Dublin woman Violet Gibson, who attempted to assassinate Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini, has been commemorated with a plaque on Merrion Square.

The memorial was unveiled by Dublin city council outside her childhood home almost 100 years after the shooting.

In 1926, the 50 year-old shot Mussolini at point blank range in Rome, grazing his nose before the gun jammed.

She was deported to England and spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric hospital.


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