Declan Kearney - Kilmichael commemoration 2008
After the complete
washout in 2006 and having missed out on the 2007 commemoration i was looking forward to the 2008
Kilmichael ambush commemoration and to be fair Declan Kearney, the guest speaker, didn’t disappoint
You can download Declan’s speach here (.caf 46MB) (downloaded times) in CAF format (needs Quicktime to play).
I could only convert the first 16mins of his 24min speach from CAF to mp3 so ill post up the mp3 version for download as soon as i converted the lot.
If you want more info on the ambush or even take a virtual tour of the ambush site visit the Coppeen Archaeological, Historical and Cultural Society site or archive.
Article in An Phoblacht entitled Political unity and a new standard of patriotism published after the 2008 commemoration.
Poem written by Bobby Sands in memory of Tom Barry after Barry passed away in 1980.
For Barry’s soul we prayed in hell
Pathetic creatures adorned in pain
And we never heard his requiem bell
But our own — in torture’s livid strain.
In the southern realms of Munster world
The humble whin bush sway
Shedding yellow tears like child
For a legend passed away.
And they blow down lanes of time gone by
O’er Crossbarry and Kilmicheal grave
And resurrect a battle cry
‘With Barry, boys be brave!’
In dusky light, by mist, o’er hills they tread
A column on the run
The ghosts of fighters long since dead
Yet n’er at rest, their guns still slung.
Now Barry leads them in the night
Hardy souls of Cork Brigade
To tramp the glens to morning light
When their ghostly forms shall fade.
And we prayed tonight for Barry’s rest
Would Barry e’er be free
As he tramps across old Munster’s breast
To blind eternity.
And in darkened shadows, ‘neath prison bars
The hags of torture wave
But we hear a voice that is of ours
‘With Barry, boys be brave!’
Related posts and DL’s on AGH
- Comóradh Wolf Tone (Bodenstown 2007)
- Oration given by Gerry Adams at Bodenstown 2007 (.wav 18MB)
(downloaded times)
- LuÃochán Cúl na Cathrach
