Whether you’re sitting sipping your coffee latte or planning your next trip to the sun, just remember those who through their political activism and beliefs never got that chance to experience such pleasures in life that are today taken for granted.
The struggle to rid Ireland of the mantle of colonial powers exerted by our nearest neighbour across the Irish sea has spanned centuries. It is only fitting that we at least try and remember the sacrifices that were made within living memory.
On Sunday in Ballina under a clouded sky, a huge tribute was paid to Michael Gaughan, Frank Stagg and Seán ‘Jack’ McNeela from Mayo along with the ten hunger strikers, Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty, Tomas McElwee and Michael Devine, who gave their lives willingly in the pursuit of a ‘united Ireland’ free from British domination and sectarian misrule in 1981.
Yours,
James Woods,
Gortahork