MARKING THE FENIAN GRAVES
I have written a couple of times about the advantage that Pawtucket holds over so many other American cities-PAWTUCKET HOLDS A FENIAN GRAVE,
Today in Philadelphia two Irish Patriots are being remembered and their graves are being marked with new gravestones that tell the story of their patriotic devotion to Ireland and the cause of Irish Freedom.
And it is a fitting day because today is the anniversary of the death OF BOBBY SANDS who died after 66 days on Hunger Strike in protest in the prison of Long Kesh in Northern Ireland.
This history of struggle all adds to the tradition of Irish Patriots and also to the memory of BOBBY SANDS on this the anniversary of his death. The example that those men set by going to their deaths in Long Kesh changed my whole sense of the value of sacrifice. George Mc Laughlin, who has held fundraisers in Pawtucket at The Galway Bay near McCoy Stadium, has tracked down all of the burial sites of all the Fenians who were rescued from their life sentences in prison in Australia.
I have written a couple of times about the advantage that Pawtucket holds over so many other American cities-PAWTUCKET HOLDS A FENIAN GRAVE,
Today in Philadelphia two Irish Patriots are being remembered and their graves are being marked with new gravestones that tell the story of their patriotic devotion to Ireland and the cause of Irish Freedom.
And it is a fitting day because today is the anniversary of the death OF BOBBY SANDS who died after 66 days on Hunger Strike in protest in the prison of Long Kesh in Northern Ireland.
This history of struggle all adds to the tradition of Irish Patriots and also to the memory of BOBBY SANDS on this the anniversary of his death. The example that those men set by going to their deaths in Long Kesh changed my whole sense of the value of sacrifice. George Mc Laughlin, who has held fundraisers in Pawtucket at The Galway Bay near McCoy Stadium, has tracked down all of the burial sites of all the Fenians who were rescued from their life sentences in prison in Australia.
His mission to mark their sacred graves is another moving example of never forgetting Erin.
My mother often sang that song about that feeling:
My mother often sang that song about that feeling:
When you sigh, we hear you
when you weep, we weep
In your hours of gladness
how our pulses leap.
Ireland, Mother Ireland.
Because of George's initiative, beautiful gravestones are being placed today on the graves of Cranston and Darragh--so this is a good day in the Irish Diaspora. And we know that Pawtucket is a major player in the life and history of the IRISH DIASPORA.
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