August / Lúnasa 2016
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I nDíl Chuimhne 1 August 1981: Volunteer Kevin LYNCH (INLA), Long Kesh 2 August 1981: Volunteer Kieran DOHERTY, Long Kesh 3 August 1972: Volunteer Robert McCRUDDEN, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion 3 August 1974: Volunteer Martin SKILLEN, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion 4 August 1985: Volunteer Tony CAMPBELL, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion 6 August 1985: Volunteer Charles ENGLISH, Derry Brigade 8 August 1981: Volunteer Thomas McELWEE, Long Kesh 8 August 1984: Volunteer Brendan WATTERS, Newry Brigade 8 August 1996: Volunteer Malachy WATTERS, South Armagh Brigade 9 August 1970: Volunteer Jimmy STEELE, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion 9 August 1971: Volunteer Patrick
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Life springs from death and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations PÁDRAIG PEARSE McADOREY, Belfast Brigade, 3rd Battalion 9 August 1972: Volunteer Colm MURTAGH, Newry Brigade 9 August 1977: Fian Paul McWILLIAMS, Fianna Éireann 9 August 1986: Volunteer Patrick O’HAGAN, Derry Brigade 10 August 1976: Volunteer Danny LENNON, Belfast Brigade, 1st Battalion 11 August 1971: Volunteer Séamus SIMPSON, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion 11 August 1972: Volunteer Anne PARKER, Cumann na mBan, Belfast 11 August 1972: Volunteer Michael CLARKE, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion
11 August 1973: Volunteers Gerard McGLYNN and Seamus HARVEY, Tyrone Brigade 12 August 1991: Pádraig Ó SEANACHÁIN, Sinn Féin 12 August 1996: Volunteer Jimmy ROE, Belfast Brigade, 1st Battalion 14 August 1974: Volunteer Paul MAGORRIAN, South Down Command 15 August 1969: Fian Gerald McAULEY, Fianna Éireann 16 August 1973: Volunteers Daniel McANALLEN and Patrick QUINN, Tyrone Brigade 16 August 1991: Tommy DONAGHY, Sinn Féin 18 August 1971: Volunteer Eamonn LAFFERTY, Derry Brigade 19 August 1971: Volunteer James
O’HAGAN, Derry Brigade 20 August 1981 Volunteer Mickey DEVINE (INLA), Long Kesh 22 August 1972: Volunteers Noel MADDEN, Oliver ROWNTREE and Patrick HUGHES, Newry Brigade 25 August 1982: Volunteer Eamonn BRADLEY, Derry Brigade 26 August 1972: Volunteers James CARLIN and Martin CURRAN, South Down Brigade 27 August 1974: Volunteer Patrick McKEOWN, Newry Brigade 29 August 1975: Fian James TEMPLETON, Fianna Éireann 30 August 1973: Volunteer Francis HALL, Belfast Brigade, 1st Battalion 30 August 1988: Volunteers Brian MULLIN, Gerard HARTE and Martin HARTE, Tyrone Brigade 31 August 1973: Volunteer Patrick MULVENNA, Belfast Brigade Always remembered by the Republican Movement.
FÓGRAÍ BHÁIS
Seán Tierney Newbliss, County Monaghan THE death took place on 30 April of lifelong republican Seán Tierney of Corlat, Newbliss, County Monaghan. A committed and staunch republican, Seán served a sentence in Portlaoise Prison in the 1980s for his involvement in IRA activities. A farmer, Seán had a keen interest in engineering and had an inventive mind which he applied to good use throughout his working life. A keen interest in sport brought Seán into administrative roles with his local boxing club and the Éire Óg GFC in Smithboro. Members of Seán’s family also experienced imprisonment for their nationalist and republican beliefs. Seán’s uncle, Joe, was in Crumlin Road for his part in the Civil Rights protests. Seán’s brother, James, was arrested with the late IRA Volunteer Seamus McElwain and did a term of imprisonment in Long Kesh. A County Monaghan Sinn Féin Honouree, Seán, like many republicans who took part in the debates on strategy and changing tactics, could put his point of view across and never drew back from the challenge. Despite the onset of Parkinson’s Disease and its steady advance, Seán’s republican spirit remained resolute to the end. His remains were waked at the home of his brother
Martin and taken to Killeevan Chapel for Requiem Mass where Fr Peter Corrigan presided. Flanked by a Sinn Féin guard of honour – including Dáil deputies Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Martin Ferris and several Sinn Féin councillors from Monaghan, Cavan and Fermanagh – the turnout was testimony to the respect that Seán had deservedly earned throughout his life. In his graveside oration, Martin Ferris TD recalled shared days in Portlaoise Prison and that Seán’s “engineering skills had brought him to the Midlands University of Revolution”. To the graveside audience’s delight, Martin accused Seán of “poaching GAA money in County Kerry” when he towed a car, a raffle prize for the Éire Óg club in County Monaghan, to Killarney where he sold “lots of tickets”. “When Seán set his mind on something, there was no turning back,” declared Martin Ferris. Predeceased by his parents Michael and Bridget and his brother Patrick, the sympathy of the republican family throughout County Monaghan and throughout Ireland is extended to Seán’s brothers – Martin, Denis, Vincent, Oliver, Michael, Peter and James – and to his sister Elizabeth and to the extended Tierney family. I measc laochra na nGael go raibh a anam dílis.
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Comhbhrón BEECHER. Deepest sympathy to Peadar’s wife Hannah, his daughter Catherine, son-in-law Tony and the entire Beecher family. Peadar was a lifelong republican and loving husband, father and grandfather. Remembered by Micheál Hennessy and the Ahern/Crowley Sinn Féin Cumann, Cork. LYNCH. Deepest sympathy to John’s wife Bernadette, daughters Tracey, Deborah and Shauna, and son Stephen on the death of John, a loving husband, father and grandfather. Sympathy also to his brothers and sister. John was a sound republican and good friend to all. Always remembered by Micheál Hennessy and the Ahern/Crowley Sinn Féin Cumann, Cork. LYNCH. Deepest condolences to Shauna Lynch and family on the recent death of her father John. A committed and hardworking republican activist in Cork City, he will be sorely missed. From Dave Barry and the MacCurtain/MacSwiney RFB and Committee.
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Constituency Office Fundraiser. 9pm Friday 29th July, The Eagle House, Glasthule, Dublin. Tote betting on the night. Organised by Dún Laoghaire Sinn Féin.
Peadar Beecher Cork City PEADAR BEECHER joined the Republican Movement in the very early 1970s, prompted by the unfolding events in the Six Counties. In May 1974 he was arrested along with his comrades Colum de Barra, Tim O’Connor and Mick Hyland following the discovery of a bomb factory near Crossbarry, County Cork. He received a 12-month sentence for membership of the IRA and a concurrent 6 months for failing to account for his movements and was incarcerated in Portlaoise Prison. Peadar used to hold court in his cell and some of the younger Volunteers would seek his advice from time to time. When a younger comrade expressed his trepidation at the thought of having to visit the dentist, Peadar sought to ease his concern by offering him a cup of tea. The cup was only half empty when the young lad spotted Peadar’s false teeth in the bottom of the cup. He never needed encouragement to see the dentist after that! Peadar was released in February 1975 and continued to play his part in all aspects of the struggle. He sold An Phoblacht and Easter Lillies with great enthusiasm. He ended up in prison for refusing to pay fines for selling Easter Lilies without a permit on a number of occasions.
Peadar was also the Secretary of the Traolach MacSuibhne Sinn Féin Cumann in the Southside of Cork City. The cumann was praised at Ard Fheiseanna for record sales of An Phoblacht. It had a well-earned reputation as one of the most active cumainn in the city, a legacy its members continue to this day. Peadar was to the fore in organising protests on a range of issues, including the struggle in the H-Blocks. In 1985, Peadar stood for Sinn Féin in the local elections and narrowly missed being elected by six votes. Peadar was also one of the key figures who helped raise funds to purchase the Sinn Féin office in Barrack Street, Cork, named in honour of his comrades Volunteers Tony Ahern and Dermot Crowley, killed on active service in 1973. As a former POW, Peadar had a deep commitment to supporting republican prisoners. He worked tirelessly to ensure that prisoners and their families had transport and other supports from the 1970s right through to the 1990s. On 13 July, Peadar passed away after losing his long battle with cancer. He was 82. His funeral was attended by his friends and comrades from across the generations and by those from other political persuasions, a mark of the respect in which he was
5 The Sinn Féin office in Barrack Street opened in 1986 by Martin McGuinness: John Murphy (RIP), Deirdre O’Byrne, former Passage West Town Councillor Jimmy Mee, Peadar Beecher (RIP), Martin McGuinness, Mary O’Byrne and Gene Harrington (RIP)
held as a life-long republican. Peadar is survived by his wife Hannah, his daughter Catherine (USA), his son-in-law Tony and his grandchildren Alana and Kerri with whom he built up a special relationship. We extend our deepest condolences to them and the wider family circle. Ní bheidh a leithead arís ann.