New York Remembers Easter 1916

international | history and heritage | event notice Monday March 17, 2008 01:27 by NIFC - National Irish Freedom Committee nifcmem at optonline dot net

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Cumann na Saoirse Naisiunta's Easter Commemoration

Cumann na Saoirse Naisiunta will hold its annual Easter Commemoration at the grave of Joseph Stynes, an Oglaigh na h-Eireann veteran, in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx at 9.00am on Easter Sunday March 23, 2008 .

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Friends of Irish Freedom Easter Mass and Breakfast

The above commemoration will be followed at 10.00am by an Easter Mass and Breakfast hosted by The Friends of Irish Freedom at Kelly Ryan’s Restaurant, 5790 Mosholu Ave. in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Guest Speaker will be Ed Moloney Tickets are $25.00-- Children under 12 are free

Cumann Na Saoirse Náisiúnta
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Cuimneaçáin Na Cáisce- 1916- Easter Commemorations

A çáirde ×aeðail

On Easter Monday 1916, Pádhraic Mac Piarais proclaimed the Irish Republic from the steps of the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin while leading a military uprising against the British Empire’s seven century long colonization of Ireland.

Piarais’ proclaimed republic has yet to be won, despite the fact that the people of Ireland ratified that Republic overwhelmingly two years later in 1918 all Ireland general election. Because results did not suit British interests, the 1918 election became the one and only All Ireland election that was ever allowed to be held. However, faithful Irish republicans have since defended the Republic’s ideals and continue to be inspired by the noble aspirations of the 1916 Rising.

This is the 92nd anniversary of the historical event. The 1916 Easter Rising was the defining moment in the history of the modern Irish nation and is considered amongst the holiest of days in the Irish Republican calendar.

In contrast, the establishment politicians in the partitionist twenty six county Irish Free state, who owe their positions of privilege and power to the events of 1916, after decades of attempting to crush by brute force those who have remembered and honored the men and women of 1916, are now embracing a revisionist gloss of Easter 1916 while besmirching the true Republic and her faithful followers.

The other partitionist six county Irish statelet is still occupied by the British. This is made possible by former Republicans who hijacked the Republican movement for personal riches and who are now in full servitude to the British crown in Ireland. They will also take advantage of the Easter Rising by pretending that it is normal to sit in a British assembly in Ireland.

On Easter Sunday March 23, 2008, Cumann Na Saoirse Náisiúnta will commemorate the Easter Rising by conducting a ceremony at the grave of Joseph Stynes a veteran of the Irish War of Independence at 9.00am Joe Stynes’ grave is located in Woodlawn cemetery adjacent to E. 233rd St. The best entrance is at the corner of East 233rd and Webster Ave. (see enclosed map)
The Clár will include Brian Mor Ó Baoighill, Maggie Trainor, Pat Williams, and Liam O Murchu
Séamus Ó Dubhda, Seán Ó Coisdealbha, Miceál Ó Coisdealbha, Brendan Byrne Irish piper and Tiokasin Ghosthorse, flutist of the Lakota Nation.

An Easter Mass and Breakfast organized by Sean Óglaigh Na hEireann and The Friends of Irish Freedom will follow this commemoration. This commemoration will be held at Kelly Ryan’s Restaurant 5790 Mosholu Av. Bronx at 10.00am. Veteran Irish republican activist Ken Tierney will be the master of ceremonies and Ed Moloney will be the main speaker.
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We plan to leave enough time to travel the short distance to Kelly Ryan’s Restaurant, 5790 Mosholu Ave, (a few blocks off Broadway (north of Van Courtland Park) where the Easter Commemorative Mass and Breakfast will be held at 10.00am.

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