1916 Documentary - James Connolly

As Easter is upon us, here is the brilliant Seachtar na Casca series, which aired on TG4 last year.

James Connolly was the leader of the Irish Citizens Army in 1916. A committed socialist, he was drafted onto the planning council for the 1916 Rising after the other members became convinced that Connolly was planning his own insurrection in Dublin. He was appointed Commandant General of the Irish Republican Army in Dublin during the Rising.
 

 

 

 

1916 Documentary - Sean Mac Diarmada

As Easter is upon us, here is the brilliant Seachtar na Casca series, which aired on TG4 last year.

Sean Mac Diarmada was one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising and a member of the supreme council of the IRB. It was Mac Diarmada and Tom Clarke who are most credited for bringing about the Rising, as they were the ones to begin itsa organisation and to take the likes of Pearse and Plunkett into their confidence.

1916 Documentary - Eamonn Ceannt

As Easter is upon us, here is the brilliant Seachtar na Casca series, which aired on TG4 last year.


Eamonn Ceannt was one of the founding members of the Irish Volunteers. As such he was important in the planning of the Easter Rising of 1916, being one of the original members of the Military Committee and thus one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.

He was made commandant of the 4th Battalion of the Volunteers, and during the Rising was stationed at the South Dublin Union and the Marrowbone Lane Distillery , with more than 100 men under his command, notably his second-in-command Cathal Brugha, and W. T. Cosgrave. His unit saw intense fighting at times during the week, but surrendered when ordered to do so by his superior officer Padraig Pearse. Ceannt's position was one of only two that was not taken in the rising, along with Éamon de Valera's at Boland's Mill.

1916 Documentary - Joseph Plunkett

As Easter is upon us, here is the brilliant Seachtar na Casca series, which aired on TG4 last year.


Joseph Mary Plunkett was an Irish nationalist, poet, journalist, and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Following the surrender Plunkett was held in Kilmainham Gaol, and faced a court martial. Hours before his execution by firing squad at the age of 28, he was married in the prison chapel to his sweetheart Grace Gifford,

1916 Documentary - Thomas MacDonagh

As Easter is upon us, here is the brilliant Seachtar na Casca series, which aired on TG4 last year.


Next in the series is Thomas MacDonagh, the poet and playwright who was appointed Commandant of the Dublin Brigade. He was executed on the third of May, 1916, with Padraig Pearse and Tom Clarke.

1916 Documentary - Tom Clarke

As Easter is upon us, here is the brillant Seachtar na Casca series, which aired on TG4 last year.

Next in the series is Tom Clarke, the veteran fenian who arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising.

1916 Documentary - Padraig Pearse

As Easter is upon us, here is the brillant Seachtar na Casca series, which aired on TG4 last year. We start with the President of the Irish Republic of 1916, PH Pearse.

Enniscorthy SF Councillor takes on Universal Social Charge

An Enniscorthy Sinn Féin Councillor has had a motion condemning the Universal Social Charge and calling for its abolition passed by his town council.  Cllr Johnny Mythen put the motion before Enniscorthy town council last night.

Cllr Mythens motion read;

That Enniscorthy town council "Acknowledge that the Universal service charge is an unfair and regressive tax. is having a deteremental effect on the lower and middle class incomes of our constituents and the entire working population of our country.Therefore we call upon the government to abolish the U.S.C."

Parle, Creane & Hogan commemorated in Taghmon

On the 13th of March, 1923, three republican prisoners were executed by Freestate forces in Wexford Gaol. The three men were James Parle from Clovervalley, John Crean from Taghmon, and Patrick Hogan from Wexford Town. James Parle was Adjutant to Bob Lambert in the famous Kyle Flying column.

Cllr Anthony Kelly speaking at the Parle-Creane-Hogan Monument

On the 2nd April, 2011, republicans from across County Wexford gathered in the village of Taghmon where a monument to the three martyrs stands in Memorial Square. The gathering of such a large crowd on a damp Saturday night showed the respect still felt for these three men in Wexford.

Mick O' Leary preparing to lay a wreath

Local man Larry Furlong chaired the dignified commemoration. He was joined by Cllr Anthony Kelly who spoke of the need to remember these men's sacrifice in the face of continued planned austerity from a new regime. Cllr Kelly urged local republicans to support Sinn Féin's fight for a fairer Ireland, beginning with its campaign to abolish the unjust Universal Social Charge.

Members of the Parle,Creane & Hogan families with
LarryFurlong & Mick O' Leary of Sinn Féin

Members of the Parle, Creane and Hogan families joined the commemoration and laid wreaths. This was the first time in many years that republicans had commemorated Parle, Creane and Hogan at the Taghmon memorial, but Larry Furlong ensured everyone that the commemoration would go ahead again next year, and every year to come.

The Tri-Colour flies over at Memorial Square in Taghmon once more