The commemorative proceedings will begin at 1:30pm with a short parade leaving Drumrallagh led by an Ógra Shinn Féin colour party and the Strabane Memorial Flute Band, to the former site of the Love family home on Townsend Street where a plaque will be unveiled.
Urging a good turnout from young Republicans at this event, Strabane Ógra Shinn Féin activist Patrick Breslin said;
“Charlie was 16 years old when he was killed in a tragic accident during the Bloody Sunday commemoration in January 1990, a tragedy that sent shockwaves through the Republican movement as well as the wider Strabane community.”
“Charlie was a committed political activist, member of Republican youth, and unwavering supporter of Sinn Féin and the IRA’s armed campaign. The kind of political activity that Republican Youth were involved in at the time resembled the work carried out by the present day Republican youth movement, Ógra Shinn Féin, although it is worth pointing out that even the most meagre of tasks that young Charlie would have been involved in at this time such as erecting flags for commemorations, attracted the hostile attention of the British army and RUC. Charlie and his young comrades would have been constantly harassed for carrying out their political work.”
“We in the Tobias Molloy Ógra Shinn Féin cumann would encourage young people from Strabane and further afield to come along to Sunday’s event and pay tribute to this dedicated young republican activist.”
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