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Thomas Ashe Commemoration
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Monday September 10, 2007 11:21
by Rise Up - eirigi
eirigi to mark 90th Anniversary of 1916 leader and hunger striker
Thomas Ashe Commemoration
Saturday 22nd Sept assemble at 2.30pm at Harte's Corner Phibsboro before short march to Glasnvein Cemetery.
All welcome.
To mark the 90th Anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Thomas Ashe eirigi will hold a commemoration on Saturday 22nd September in Dublin. The commemoration will be addressed by former H-Block hunger-striker Berard Fox.
To mark the ninetieth anniversary of the death of 1916 leader Thomas Ashe éirígí are holding a commemoration in Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin on Saturday 22nd September. The event intends to celebrate Ashe's life and his immense contribution to the struggle for Irish freedom.
Bernard Fox, former republican prisoner, will be a guest speaker at the commemoration. Bernard, a veteran of the H-Block prison protests of the 1970's and 1980's, participated in the 1981 hunger-strike which culminated in the deaths of ten republican prisoners.
That hunger-strike was the culmination of years of protest by republican prisoners, in defence of their right to political status. Sixty-four years earlier it was this same cause that led Thomas Ashe to embark on hunger-strike in September 1917.
The commemoration will also mark the official launch of éirigi's campaign to build popular support for British withdrawal from the six occupied counties. éirígi's chairperson Brian Leeson will be speaking with regard to how this campaign will develop
over the coming weeks and months.
For further details and the life and times of Thomas Ashe please check
http://www.eirigi.org/campaigns/Thomas%20Ashe/Thomas_as....html[1]
