Editing John MacBride (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:MacBride.jpg|thumb|Statue of John MacBride (1868-1916) in his native Westport, County Mayo, at South Mall]]
In November 2016 Ciarán MacSuibhne, a member of the local St Patrick’s Drama Group wrote an [[amateur theatre|amateur]], three-act play detailing various stages in MacBride's life including his experiences in the Second Boer War, his marriage to and separation from Maud Gonne and the concern regarding the future of their only child, Seán, which followed. The play, which featured the poetry of Yeats, also covers the period following MacBride's execution. The opening and closing scenes of the play, in particular, were described as "very moving". The character of Maud Gonne's half-sister, Eileen Wilson was played by Wilson's great-granddaughter, Bernardine Walsh MacBride. The play, which was shown in the [[Westport Town Hall Theatre]], was described by the Mayo News as "a fitting tribute by a local drama group to a local hero".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/news/28930-major-john-macbride-debuts-this-week-in-westport|title='Major John MacBride' debuts this week in Westport|newspaper=The Mayo News|access-date=2016-11-19|archive-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120084837/http://www.mayonews.ie/news/28930-major-john-macbride-debuts-this-week-in-westport|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Whyte Snr.|first=Dr. Oliver|title=St. Patrick's Drama Group: Major John Mc Bride|date=2016-11-14|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96DYurn1tA8|access-date=2016-11-19|archive-date=23 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923023524/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96DYurn1tA8|url-status=live}}</ref>