Wreaths laid where Volunteers fell
A very touching commemoration was held on Tuesday 26 August in
Drogheda to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Liam Leech,
Patrick Cooney, Bernard Daly, Tim Flanagan and Patrick O'Mainin.
Local people assembled on the Pitcher Hill steps (off the Bull
Ring) at the spot were Liam Leech was shot. A wreath was laid by
Maureen O'Neill and a decade of the Rosary (as Gaeilge) was said.
Maeve Healy, Sinn Féin, spoke of the sacrifice of these men and
their comrades. She spelled out the need for the people of this
generation to see that the cause for which these men gave their
lives - that of freedom and justice to the Irish people in a 32
County Ireland - is fulfilled.
She said: ``It is now more necessary than ever that we all work
harder to promote the peace process, to strive to achieve freedom
and equality for all of Ireland and all in Ireland''.
A further wreath was laid at the Old Hill, by Nuala Early at the
spot were Captain Daly was shot. The assembly then proceeded to
St. Mary's Cemetery where wreaths were laid to the memory of all
those killed from Drogheda, at the grave of Bernard Daly.
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