Tomás MacCurtain Commemorated
A large crowd attended yesterday's commemoration for Lord Mayor Tomás MacCurtain, which was organised by the Phoenix Historical Society.
Over 100 people gathered at the North Cathedral, before marching behind the MacCurtain/MacSwiney Republican Flute Band to the MacCurtain monument on Great William O'Brien Street.
The commemoration was chaired by local councillor Thomas Gould and the main oration delivered by newly-elected Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O'Brien.
In his address Deputy O'Brien gave a brief outline of MacCurtain's life, and proceeded to discuss its relevance today. He said MacCurtain's legacy had been neither fulfilled nor squandered, but was a vision of a united, free and equal Ireland which remains to be achieved. The principles for which MacCurtain laid down his life remained as relevant as ever today, and leadership such as he provided had never been as badly needed.
The commemoration concluded with a rendition of Amhrán na bFhiann.
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