Pádraig Barton remembered in Derry

Martin McGuinness was the guest speaker at the renaming of the Derry City Ógra Shinn Féin cumann in honour of Pádraig Barton, an Ógra member who tragically lost his life in a traffic accident in June.











It has recently been renamed the Na Fianna Martyrs and Pádraig Barton Cumann.
At a packed event in the Gasyard in the Bogside, a new banner was unfurled in tribute to Pádraig.

Chaired by Ógra members Michael McCrossan and Chilena Toland, the evening began with a moving video by his friends and comrades recalling Pádraig’s life and activism.

Speaking on behalf of Ógra Shinn Féin, Chilena Toland said:
“Pádraig was a well-known, extremely dedicated and likable Ógra activist who will be fondly and proudly remembered by the many who met him, whether on their travels to the annual Bloody Sunday weekend, at the Hunger Strike Republican Youth Weekend two years ago in Derry or the many national Ógra Shinn Féin events which he attended.'

“He will be particularly remembered by the close-knit Na Fianna Martyrs Ógra Cumann in Derry City who were stricken with grief at the loss of such a great young fellow in the prime of his life.”