was the first Esperantist in the English-speaking world, designed the original official Esperanto flag, and was a friend of Irish Nationalist leader Joseph Mary Plunkett Grace Gifford, an artist and cartoonist who was active in the Republican movement, was born in Rathmines; she married Joseph Plunkett in 1916 only a few hours before he was executed Stephen Gwynn Protestant Nationalist MP, writer, poet and journalist lived at Palmerstown Road Lafcadio Hearn, ghost-story writer who settled in Japan, was brought up in Rathmines Sean Hogan married Christina Butler at Our lady Refuge of Sinners Church in Rathmines, 24 February 1925 Rosamund Jacob, suffragist, republican and writer lived at Belgrave Square and Charleville Road James Joyce was born at 41 Brighton Square and spent some of his childhood at 23 Castlewood Avenue Thomas Goodwin Keohler (1873-1942), poet, journalist and friend of James Joyce lived at 12 Charleville Road Aine Lawlor, RTÉ journalist The Earl of Longford had a large house in the Grosvenor park area of the Leinster road between Rathmines and Harold's Cross, that was demolished and replaced with a modern housing estate in recent decades Kathleen Lynn, 1874–1955, Sinn Féin politician, activist and medical doctor lived and practised on Belgrave Road, Rathmines Éamonn MacThomáis, 1927–2002, born in Rathmines, was an author, broadcaster, historian, Republican, advocate of the Irish language and lecturer, noted for numerous RTÉ documentaries on his native Dublin Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary. In 1903 after a visit to the Ukraine, she and her husband Casimir Markievicz returned to live in a house provided by Constance's mother in Rathmines to bring up her daughter Maeve and stepson Stanislaus John Mitchel was living with his family at 8 Ontario Terrace when he was arrested in 1848 Conor Cruise O'Brien was born in 1917 in Rathmines, the only child of Francis Cruise O'Brien, a journalist who worked for the Freeman's Journal, and Kathleen Sheehy Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player, lives in Rathmines Walter Osborne, a famous Irish impressionist painter, was born at 5 Castlewood Avenue Seumas O'Sullivan, writer, was born on Charleston Avenue and the family pharmacy operated from 30 Rathmines Road Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford Irish Nationalist, Senator and writer Arthur Alcock Rambaut, astronomer, was educated at Rathmines School George William Russell, Irish nationalist and mystic, was educated at Rathmines School Johnny Sexton, Irish rugby player, lives in Rathmines Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, suffragist, pacifist and writer, lived in 11