I have photographed over 70 Civil War and War of Independence plaques and monuments in Co. Cork alone so far. I definitely need to allocate some time to uploading them soon before the number increases beyond achievable levels This monument is outside Mallow – in Glantane. It was another monument. It had names of people who I did not know of previously. Then today, I was reading in the Holly Bough, an article by Patrick O’Sullivan about Dan Kiely, Michael’s father. Dan married Annie late in life and Michael was their only son who died aged eighteen when Crown Forces raided a farmhouse in which he was taking refuge in the townland of Inchemay. He is no longer just a name written in stone. | “At Michael’s funeral, your mother and I stood in the crowd behind Annie and Dan Kiely as they hunched over the bitter grave, racked by stifling grief. When the prayers were said and the flowers placed over the brown earth, Dan raised his head, just as he did today and said gently ‘Thank you all for honouring Michael on this sad day. He was a grand lad, our Michael. Maybe he wanted to die a Fenian hero.’ |
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Stephen Dirrane
2/5/2015 20:11:10
Many thanks for Mr O'Sullivan for writing these stories. My grandmother, Kitty, was Dan Kiely's daughter and Micky's sister. She would have loved to read this. It's wonderful to have such a perspective on the effects of the murder of a brave group of young men.
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3/5/2015 12:47:06
Stephen,
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Stephen Dirrane
3/5/2015 13:37:00
And thanks to you for your blog. I'll be sharing it with my family. Well done!
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