Memorial to Brigadista Peter Daly to be unveiled

wexford | anti-capitalism | event notice Tuesday August 30, 2011 20:16 by pat c

On Saturday 3rd of September at 6:00 p.m a memorial stone will be unveiled in memory of Socialist Republican Peter Daly in Monageer (Enniscorthy) Co. Wexford on Saturday the 3rd of September at 6.00 pm. Peter fought with the Irish contingent of the International Brigade in the war against fascism in Spain and died in September 1937. He had been reared and went to school in Tinnacross and later Monageer. His life was spent in the republican and working class movement in Ireland and England before volunteering to fight for the Spanish Republic.

The unveiling will be followed by the launch of the Peter Daly Society the same evening which will be open to all progressives seeking to promote socialist solutions to current problems by regular public debates/discussions in County Wexford. The guest speaker at the launch will be Spanish Civil War historian Harry Owens and the Cuban Spanish Ambassador Teresita Trujillo has been invited to attend. The evening's entertainment will be provided by popular folk singer Pol Mac Adaim from Belfast. All welcome!