The event was hosted by Omagh District Council Chairperson Martin McColgan in the chamber, and Winnie Harte, mother of Volunteers Gerard and Martin Harte, was the guest of honour to officially launch the Easter Lily.
Following a short presentation by the Council Chairperson, Ógra Shinn Féin members Barry McNally and Stephen McGahan read the 1916 Proclamation and ‘Easter 1916’ by WB Yeats, respectively, and Councillor Sharon O’Brien read the Tyrone Brigade Roll of Honour.
Following this, Winnie Harte and Martin McColgan launched the Easter Lily encouraging everyone to, “remember Ireland’s patriot dead by wearing an Easter Lily and attending their local and county wide Easter commemorations.”
Encouraging people to wear the Easter Lily, West Tyrone Ógra activist Kerry McColgan said,
“Ógra Shinn Féin will be active throughout West Tyrone in the next 2 weeks promoting the Easter Lily, encouraging a new generation of Irish youth to honour Ireland’s patriot dead by wearing an Easter Lily.”
“The Easter Lily was fittingly launched by Winnie Harte, a women who has endured so much hurt, losing 2 sons in Ireland’s freedom struggle, yet continues to actively promote Republicanism and inspire a new generation of activists to continue working for what her son’s Gerard, Martin alongside their comrade Brian Mullin, bravely died fighting for.”
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