Plaque to Irish woman Violet Gibson, who shot at Mussolini, unveiled in Dublin

Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy (right), writer and producer Siobhan Lynam (left) and Councillor Mannix Flynn unveil a commemorative plaque for Dublin woman Violet Gibson at her childhood home on Merrion Square, Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA)

A plaque commemorating the Irish woman who shot at Italian dictator Benito Mussolini has been unveiled at her childhood home in Dublin city.

On April 7 1926, three years into Mussolini’s fascist rule of Italy, 49-year-old Violet Gibson drew a pistol and shot at Mussolini at point blank range as he walked among a crowd in the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome.