Belfast honours Kieran Doherty
Last weekend in Belfast, a series of events were organised to
commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of hunger striker
Kieran Doherty.
A memorial to Doherty, who was TD at the time of his death, was
unveiled yards from his family home in Andersonstown, Belfast on
Sunday 29 July.
On the day before an under 16 football tournament was organised
by St Teresa's GAA club in its grounds on the Glen Road in
Belfast. St John's beat Davitts in the final. Both Kieran Doherty
and Joe McDonnell played for St Teresa's. Following the
tournament, an ex-POW select team played a challenge match
against a team selected from the Lenadoon 1981 Committee.
Kieran's brother Michael turned out for the ex-POW team. The game
ended with both teams having to be resuscitated.
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