Eamonn Ceannt Commemoration.

dublin | history and heritage | event notice Friday July 17, 2009 19:38 by Sharon. - Individual.

Signatory of the 1916 Proclamation to be commemorated in Dublin.

Republican Sinn Féin has organised a commemoration for Eamonn Ceannt , to be held in Crumlin , Dublin , on Sunday 26 July 2009.

Eamonn Ceannt :1881-1916.

“I shall die, like a man, for Ireland’s sake.”
-note written by Éamonn Ceannt to his wife, May 7th, 1916 , the day before he was executed by the British .
Éamonn Ceannt was an uileann piper, a member of the IRB Military Council and a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation. He was stationed in the South Dublin Union during the Rising of 1916. As a member of the Provisional Government he was executed by the British Army in Kilmainham Gaol on May 8th 1916.
A Republican Commemoration to honour Éamonn Ceannt will be held at One pm in the Crumlin area of Dublin , in a 42-acre park named after the man, on Sunday July 26 , 2009. Those attending are asked to assemble at ‘Superquinn’ on the Sundrive Road at 12.30pm , from where the parade will march the short distance to the Ceannt Memorial Stone in the Park .
All Welcome!

Thanks,
Sharon.