Paddy Gaffney
Carlow
Nationalist, October 1920.
Home-Coming
Sinn Fein Demonstration.
On last
Saturday night, after the arrival of the last down train from Dublin,
lively scenes were witnessed in Carlow.
Twelve
months ago a young man named Patrick Gaffney, son of a farmer residing
at Killeshin, Queen's County, and who was secretary to the
Graigue-Cullen Sinn Fein Society, was sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment for publicly reading the Sinn Fein manifesto in the town of
Carlow.
His period
of imprisonment having expired, preparations were made to celebrate his
home-coming.
He was met
at the railway station by two local bands and a party of torch-bearers,
who accompanied by a large crowd, escorted him through the principal
streets of the town.
Party flags
were well in evidence, but the display passed off quietly, as there was
no interference on the part of the police.
[Note added
2011: Patrick Gaffney became better known as Padraig Mac Gamhna. There
is a Plaque erected to his memory on a premises in Tullow Street,
(Charlie Byrne's shop) a road is also named in his honor].
Paddy Gaffney Memorial at Killeshin.
- From: Irish War Memorials.
- Name of Memorial: MacGamhna Memorial
- Inventory No. 588 , Place: Killeshin, Co. Laois.
- Address and map reference:
- On north side of road opposite Catholic church. Map
reference: S 674 778
- Description and dimensions:
- Celtic cross with figure of
a Volunteer. Height: 200cms, width of base: 100cms.
-
Recorded by: Michael Dolan, June, 2009.
Erected and Unveiled Easter 1953
- Inscription in
Irish and English.
- English
version:
- In loving
memory of Captain Patrick McGamhna
- Carlow
contingent, I.R.A.
- Died 23rd July,
1943 while serving a prison sentence because of his
allegiance to the Republic of Ireland.
- Amidst the
heroes of Ireland may his soul rest in the Kingdom of God.
- For him this
memorial is built through the loyalty of the people from
these districts Killeshin, Carlow, Baltinglass, Tullow,
Ballinabranagh, Leighlin.
-
Translation by Bernadette Pegum
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- Transcribed by M. Purcell c2011.
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