Monday, March 29, 2010

Doherty helps launch Ógra Easter Lily drive

As republicans in Strabane prepare for the upcoming Easter commemorations, West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty and Cllr Keiran McGuire, Strabane District Council Chairman have called on people to wear an Easter Lily and to attend their local commemoration.

Their calls came as the two helped members of Ógra Shinn Féin launch their Easter billboard campaign. The youth movement have erected a number of billboards around the town promoting the wearing of the Easter Lily.



Speaking following the billboard launch the Sinn Féin MP said;

“Easter is a time when republicans gather to commemorate and pay tribute to the men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in pursuit of Irish Freedom.”

“At monuments and gravesides the length and breadth of Ireland and further afield Easter commemorations and wreath laying ceremonies will be taking place over the Easter period and especially on Easter Sunday. I would encourage people to attend their local commemorative event and to show that the sacrifice of our friends and comrades has not been forgotten, and that we still share their desire for freedom, justice and equality as outlined in the Easter proclamation of 1916.”

“The Easter Lily is our national symbol of remembrance and will be distributed far and wide by republican activists in the run up to Easter. I would call on those who share the ideals of the men and women who took a stand at Easter 1916 to wear an Easter Lily with pride. The local Strabane Commemoration will take place in Strabane cemetery at 12pm and the main Drumboe Martyrs Commemoration will leave from Johnston’s Corner Stranorlar at 3pm, Bígí linn!”

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