Today family and friends came together, to honor those that lived, breathed and died for Irish Freedom.
Luke Dillion the hardest man of all… (1850-1930)
” I came to Philadelphia and joined the Clan na Gael, A secret band of Irishmen who would twist old England’s tail. We swore to bomb proud London town, Right up to the palace wall, And they sent me there to do the job, As the Hardest man of all.”
Danny Cahalane (1924-1980)
If the men who died for Ireland could speak to their countrymen today, they would tell them, we beleive, to commemorate not the fate they met, but the ideals they strove for.
Arthur Griffith – Founder of Sinn Féin
Joseph McGarrity (1874-1940)
” I long for the city of the “Sixteen dead. And the sacred soil Where brave men bled.”
