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1916 Page MASTER V1 KL.Indd TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016 1916 COMMEMORATION THE MAYO NEWS 1 M THE MAYO NEWS 1916 COMMEMORATION TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016 TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016 1916 COMMEMORATION THE MAYO NEWS 2 3 INDEX The dramatic The legacy of a The story life of Jim Mayo republican of the 100 years on MacBride’s Ruane and feminist Westport 31 Find out about the Áine Ryan refl ects on the In three compelling articles James dramatic, and ultimately remarkable career of Dr Kathleen Kelly refl ects on the fascinating story tragic, life of Jim Ruane, the Lynn, the Killala native whose of the 31 men arrested in Westport only man to get a 1916 legacy is being lauded at last after the 1916 Rising medal for action in Mayo Pages 10-11 Pages 12-14 Pages 21-27 legacy is fl owering FOREWORDORD when facing the fi ring squad gives you President to lead 1916 commemorations some indication of the character of the EDWIN man. McGREALL What the celebrations of this cente- [email protected] nary year have helped to do is tell the EDWIN MCGREAL story of all of the 16 rebels who were executed for their role in the Rising. For aster of 1916 was set many years the historical narrative to be an auspicious focused just on the seven signatories, resident Michael D Higgins time for the MacBride Pádraig Pearse and James Connolly will lead the Westport 1916 family from Westport especially. Centenary Commemorations Quay. Some fi gures will always stand taller this Sunday. Anthony, the middle than others in the telling of history but Westport Historical Society of fi ve sons, was due it does seem odd that MacBride’s place Pwill unveil a plaque to honour the 31 to get married on the in Irish history is not stronger than it men who were arrested in Westport EWednesday after Easter and his young- is. The writings of WB Yeats certainly and interned after Easter 1916. est brother, the famed Major John, was did MacBride no favours. MacBride’s Major John MacBride, one of the exe- to be at his side as Best Man. wife Maud Gonne was the muse of Yeats cuted leaders of the Easter Rising, is a That was one role Major John Mac- and the relationship between the three native of the town and the commemo- Bride would never get to perform. By was far from straightforward. rations will be at the MacBride 1916 the time Wednesday came around, he Historian Anthony Jordan deals with monument on the South Mall. was cooped up in Jacob’s Biscuit Factory that dynamic as part of three insightful Sunday will also see the James Street on Dublin’s southside, second in com- pieces on MacBride. bridge in the town named after broth- mand to Proclamation signatory Thomas One could only imagine how today’s ers William and Patrick J Doris, found- MacDonagh as they repelled enemy celebrity and tabloid culture would lap ers of The Mayo News in 1892. William approaches. up MacBride’s marriage to Maud Gonne was imprisoned for his Land League It may have been by accident that and subsequent diffi culties. activities and Patrick J was one of those MacBride joined the Rising in Dublin It was the celebrity marriage of its time interned in 1916. on Easter Monday but this lifelong, pas- but is just another layer to the fascinat- The Defence Forces, the Westport sionate republican was never going to ing life of a man from Westport Quay. Town Band and the Clew Bay Pipe Band refuse an opportunity to take on the We think, 100 years on, Major John will be in attendance and schoolchil- British when it came his way. MacBride has started to reclaim a right- dren from the four Westport nationals As far back as 1896 he had said of lead- ful place in the pantheon of Irish patri- schools will participate in welcoming ing an Irish brigade in the Boer War in ots and Westport and Mayo ought to be the President to Westport. South Africa that he wanted to be in a proud of his legacy. They will march with the President position ‘to strike a blow at England’s We hope you enjoy reading about from the Courthouse to the South Mall power abroad when we could not, unfor- MacBride, the remarkable Dr Kathleen at 1pm. tunately, do so at home’. Lynn, the story of the Westport 31, the During the ceremonies three students port 1916 Centenary Commemorations 12 noon in St Mary’s Church. way at 6pm. The exhibition includes Doing so on home ground would cost triumph and disaster which befell Jim from the two secondary schools will y COMMITTEE Committee said. “There were still seven Afterwards there will be a reception many rarely seen artifacts and him his life. At home in Westport instead Ruane and so much more as much as read out the names of the 31 Westport Pictured is the of the Westport internees alive at the in Hotel Westport and an exhibition of images. of the celebration of Anthony’s wedding, we’ve enjoyed pulling this commemora- Westport 1916 1916 internees and 31 children from Centenary Golden Jubilee in 1966, but we now have local 1916 material. All are welcome. On Saturday evening historian Anthony Honoria MacBride was confronted with tive supplement together. Gaelscoil na Cruaiche will hold aloft Commemoration an opportunity to truly honour these Sunday will be the conclusion to a J Jordan, a renowned MacBride biog- the tragic news that her youngest son large signs with each internee’s name. Committee, with men during the centenary commemo- busy weekend of 1916 events in the rapher, will give a lecture entitled: ‘Major had been executed. The three students reading the names members of The Mayo rations with the unveiling of a dedicated town. John MacBride - A National Hero’. The “Mrs MacBride was deeply shocked are: Liam Canning, great-grandnephew News. Front, from left: plaque next Sunday. On Thursday, the one hundrenth anni- lecture commences at 8pm in Westport and just bowed her head,” Tommy Hevey, of Major John and Joseph MacBride; Harry Hughes, Sal “Outside of Loughrea and Athenry, versary of the execution of Major John Quay Community Centre. the man dispatched to tell the news, was O’Connor, Mary M Dylan Ralph, great-grandson of Tho- MacBride-Walsh, John Westport had the third biggest number MacBride will be marked with a wreath- Meanwhile in Achill this Friday night, reported as saying. mas Ralph; and Zoe Cunniffe, great- Mayock, James Kelly. arrested in Connacht. We can refl ect laying ceremony at the MacBride memo- Professor Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh will The grieving Mrs MacBride would grandniece of Thomas Derrig. Back, from left: Edwin back with pride at the contribution of rial on Westport’s South Mall at speak on the subject - ‘Commemorat- then have to deal with the arrest and Many relations of the MacBrides, Doris McGreal, Aiden Clarke, our ancestors in the cause of Irish free- 10.30am. ing 1916: The What and the Why of internment of another son, Joseph, and brothers and of the 31 men interned are Vincent Keane, Paddy dom and particularity the involvement Later that evening the fi rst major exhi- Commemoration’. a nephew, Joseph Gill, in Westport as y DETERMINED Major John MacBride was determined reading. We are also deeply indebted travelling from many parts of the world Joe Foy and Neill of men and women from the Westport bition on his life will open. The exhibi- Professor Ó Tuathaigh is Professor the British moved to lock up whom they to be involved in a war involving Ireland taking on England to Harry Hughes, Chairman of the West- O’Neill. Pic: Ronan Hughes at some stage in his life. This portrait of him takes pride of for the commemorations. district. Next Sunday is a community tion, ‘MacBride: Snatch up the torch Emeritus at NUI Galway and a widely felt were ‘dangerous Sinn Féiners’ around place in the house of his grand-niece, Mary MacBride- port 1916 Centenary Commemoration “The commemorations will be a tre- celebration and is non political,” added from the Slumbering Fire’, will be held respected authority on modern Irish the country. Walsh. Pic: Michael McLaughlin Committee, and all the committee for mendous occasion for all the families Mr Hughes. in the Customs House Studios at West- history. The talk will be delivered at The two men would be among the last their considerable assistance with the associated with the patriots of 1916,” The commemorations get underway port Quay, right next door to the house Ted Lavelle’s in Cashel, Achill, com- of the 31 men arrested in Westport to production of this supplement. Harry Hughes, Chairman of the West- at 1pm, after a 1916 Centenary Mass at where he was born in 1868. It gets under- mencing at 8.30pm. be released from Frongoch Internment There’s so many others who have been Camp in north Wales on Christmas week a great help in bringing this supplement of 1916, even though they were never together but particular credit must go MAYO NEWS 1916 2016 COMMEMORATIVE SUPPLEMENT charged with any crime. to Kevin Loftus, Head of Design at The The Rising action may have centred Mayo News for what I’m sure you will Editor: Edwin McGreal Pics: The Brehony Family, Westport; Austin Matt Loughrey, Michael McLaughlin, FRONT PAGE IMAGE Our front page in Dublin but try to tell Honoria Mac- Westport Historical Society have done agree is the outstanding design and lay- ONLINE Designer: Kevin Loftus Vaughan, Mayo County Library; Corinne The Murphy family, Westport; National picture is the only 1916 medal awarded for Bride, in particular, or the family of any invaluable research to uncover the sto- out of this supplement.
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