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The New Jersey Champions of Irish Freedom
Commemoration
The New
Jersey Champions of Irish Freedom Commemoration took
place, as scheduled, on October 17, at Cryan's
restaurant in South Orange NJ . The esteemed Champions
commemorated, all unrepentant Fenians,
included John Cryan, Bart
Dougherty, Peter Farley, Bernard, Mackle, Michael Long
and Peter Quinn.
The sponsoring
Fenian Graves Association, whose aim is to record and
keep alive the deed of our departed Fenian heroes and
heroines, wishes to thank family members and friends
whose enthusiastic support made the commemoration a
successful and memorable experience.
The commemoration was well attended
by family members, friends and fellow activists of
seventies, eighties and nineties. That period of time
saw the resumption of armed resistance,
internment, state sanctioned torture, hunger strikes,
unsavory political deals and betrayals in the six
occupied Irish counties. The massive show of support
here in the U.S. for the brave men and women who
bore the brunt of the British onslaught was led by men
and women such as our own
Champions of
Irish Freedom.
After watching video clips
of the many functions, demonstrations and parades held
in New York and New Jersey during that period many
of the attendees realized that they were there when
history was being made and that their participation and
activism was the storyline for another chapter in the
epic Irish-American saga.
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