Articles tagged ‘Irish Independence’
Athlone IRA Statue Easter Remembrance
By Seán | April 19th, 2007 |
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It’s that time of year again when flowers start appearing at the foot of Athlone’s IRA statue.
For those who missed my initial post on the statue, this is a revolutionary-era statue erected in memory of those who died in the war of independence in 1916.
Easter and the commemoration of The Easter Rising is probably the [...]
The Athlone IRA Statue
By Seán | September 17th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Well, my posting on Northern Ireland has spawned a lot of conversations out here. I mentioned that Athlone has an IRA statue and it was pointed out to me that not all of the readers of this blog may understand that the IRA statue was erected for is NOT the modern IRA terrorists we [...]
