Frank Conroy Commemoration

national | anti-capitalism | event notice Sunday November 17, 2013 18:53 by Frank Conroy Commemoration Committee

The Frank Conroy Commemoration Committee presents the second annual Frank Conroy Commemoration.

Frank Conroy

The Frank Conroy Commemoration Committee presents the second annual Frank Conroy Commemoration. The Commemoration will take place on Saturday 23rd November 1pm at the Kildare Republican Memorial (Market Square) in Kildare Town. The life of Frank Conroy will be chronicled by speakers Rayner O’ Connor Lysaght and Eoghan O’ Neill followed by a wreath laying ceremony. The event will be chaired by Jason Turner.

Frank Conroy came from Fair Green, Kildare town and was an IRA activist who fought with the working class against the fascist Blue Shirts in Kildare and Dublin during the hungry 1930s. Like many Republicans he joined the Republican Congress and Communist Party. Conroy volunteered to fight with Republican leader Frank Ryan in the International Brigade to defend the Spanish Republic against Franco.