Upcoming Events

Waterford | History and Heritage

no events match your query!

New Events

Waterford

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda Al-Jolani to the White House Tue Nov 11, 2025 22:01 | imc

offsite link Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 Tue Nov 04, 2025 03:40 | Mark

offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Rachel Reeves Accused of Lying Over ?Chess Champion? Claims Wed Dec 03, 2025 15:30 | Will Jones
Rachel Reeves?has been accused of lying by exaggerating her chess achievements in a row over her claim she was "British girls' under-14 champion".
The post Rachel Reeves Accused of Lying Over “Chess Champion” Claims appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour Peer: Net Zero is Fantastical and Incoherent and Must Be Abandoned Wed Dec 03, 2025 13:25 | Maurice Glasman
Net Zero is fantastical and incoherent and must be abandoned for the sake of national security, leading Labour Peer Maurice Glasman has said. Read the full text of his 2025 Global Warming Policy Foundation annual lecture.
The post Labour Peer: Net Zero is Fantastical and Incoherent and Must Be Abandoned appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Jaguar Land Rover Designer Behind Woke Rebrand ?Escorted From Office? Wed Dec 03, 2025 11:01 | Will Jones
The designer behind?Jaguar?s controversial woke rebrand?has reportedly been dismissed and "escorted from the office" just days after a new Chief Executive took over.
The post Jaguar Land Rover Designer Behind Woke Rebrand “Escorted From Office” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Right Has a Marketing Problem Wed Dec 03, 2025 09:00 | Lee Taylor
With manifestos resembling glossy brochures for competing fantasies, the Left lures in voters with impossible promises. The Right, with its stress on freedom and responsibility, has a tougher sell, says Lee Taylor.
The post The Right Has a Marketing Problem appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Last ?Climate Emergency? Rally Wed Dec 03, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
The recent 'National Emergency Briefing' in Westminster will surely be one of the dying climate movement's last rallies, says Ben Pile. The only emergency is the one being created by the West's suicidal policies.
The post The Last ‘Climate Emergency’ Rally appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Permission refused for Old IRA Funeral?

category waterford | history and heritage | other press author Saturday July 04, 2009 21:30author by Archangel Report this post to the editors

Son of Flying Column veteran refused permission to spread Father's ashes on Republican Plot



During the War of Independence, George Lennon was the leader of the West Waterford Flying Column, taking part in nearly twenty actions against Crown forces and later fighting in the Civil War from which he withdrew when it became obvious that it was destroying the country.

He emigrated to the USA in 1946 (due largely to his opposition to Catholic influence on Irish society) , where he became a decicated pacifist , protesting against the Vietnam War.

Lennon was a fighter in his youth and a man of peace in his last years.

Recently, his only son announced his wish to spread his father's ashes on the Old IRA plot in Kilrossanty. However, the Sinn Fein affiliated West Waterford Old IRA Association has refused permission for this and the Department of Defence has declined to allow any military presence at any such ceremony.

The situation has been complicated by Republican Sinn Fein's decision to name one of their branches for George Lennon, without the permission and against the wishes of his family.

It would be shameful for such a man to be forgotten in this manner.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   so what now?     Diarmuid Breatnach    Tue Jul 07, 2009 04:03 
   Process     pat c    Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:57 
   Permission Refused for Old IRA funeral     Ivan Lennon    Tue Jul 07, 2009 20:54 
   Shame on us     Pheff    Tue Sep 01, 2009 20:25 
   Dail Debates     mahonvalley    Sun Jan 24, 2010 12:56 
   Suggestion     iamsam    Mon Jan 25, 2010 23:03 


Number of comments per page
  
 
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy