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, 19 November 1961. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Irish |
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Dublin, :
National Graves Association,
1961.
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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 is on middle pages; includes dance recitals and folk songs. In each corner of the middle pages there is a portrait and quotations from the likes of John Mitchel, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, John O'Leary and James Stephens. Remainder of pages in booklet are taken up by advertisements including: Castle Hotel, Odearest Mattresses, Farrell and Son Sculptors, Joe Douglas Flowers and Leonard's Bar. On page seven is a piece on the National Graves Association entitled 'Thirty-five years of worthy service to the nation.' 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; a photograph of the gravestone of Martin Savage; a photograph of Comdt. J.J. Stephens of the Fermanagh Battalion [shot on the Naas Road, 1923] and Sylvester Shepherd 'of the Kildare Battalion' who was killed in 1922. Physical description: 20 p. : col., ill.; 26 x 20 cm. more |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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