Manchester Martyrs' commemoration concert /
National Graves Association.
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| Summary: | Commemoration concert on the anniversary of the execution of the Manchester Martyrs [Michael O'Brien, Michael Larkin and William Philip Allen], taking place in the Mansion House on Sunday, 21 November 1954. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Irish |
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Dublin :
National Graves Association,
1954.
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| Notes: | Cover is printed on green paper; cover page has a border of celtic interlace design. In the centre are portraits of the three Manchester Martyrs in the shape of a shamrock; there is also a poem by John Boyle O'Reilly. Concert programme on middle pages; includes dance recitals and folk songs. In each corner of the middle pages is a portrait and quotations from John Mitchel, Jeremiah, O'Donovan Rossa, John O'Leary and James Stephens. The remainder of the pages in the programme consist of advertisements including: Irish Industries Limited, McMahon's Fruit & Veg., Farrell & Son Sculptors, Sweet Afton Cigarettes and McDowells' Jewellers ['The Happy Ring House', O'Connell St.]. On page three is a photograph of the Republican plot in Glasnevin Cemetery with the words 'They shall be remembered for ever'; after the middle pages there is a photograph of 1916 memorial which was erected by the National Graves Association. Interspersed throughout the programme are quotations [from Robert Emmet] and photographs such as one of Liam [William Joseph] Mellows delivering an oration at Bodenstown in 1922; an illustration of a proposed Fenian plot in Glasnevin; a photograph of the gravestone of Martin Savage; a photograph of Comdt. J.J. Stephens 'of the Fermanagh Battalion shot on the Naas Road in 1923' and of Sylvester Shepherd 'of the Kildare Battalion', killed in 1922. Physical description: 20p. : col., ill.; 26 x 20 cm. more |
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