SlaNey hiStory & heritage
Commemorating the Truce in the War of Independence A memorial event in commemoration of the centenary of the Truce in the War of Independence took place on Sunday, July 11th, at the Orchard Peace Park located behind The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy.
Cllr Byrne expressed his “thanks to the Enniscorthy Municipal District, the 1798 Centre, the Enniscorthy Historic Re-enact-
ment Society and the new Wexford County Council Historian Barry Lacey for the well organised and respectful event.”
The event was introduced by Bernie Quigley, Acting Enniscorthy Municipal District Manager, with speakers including the newly-elected Chair of Enniscorthy Municipal District, Cllr Cathal Byrne, and newly-appointed Historian in Residence at Wexford County Council, Barry Lacey. In attendance were Minister James Browne, Paul Kehoe TD, Chair of Wexford County Council Barbara-Anne Murphy, Cllrs Kathleen Codd-Nolan, Jackser Owens, John O’Rourke, and Caroline Godkin, Mary Clince and Moira O’Gorman along with members of Enniscorthy Historical Re-enactment Society. Cllr Cathal Byrne spoke about the importance of remembering those who lost their lives in the struggle for Irish independence and laid a wreath to all who died in the War of Independence and then unveiled the new Peace Seat in the Park. n
Above: Enniscorthy Municipal District Chairman Cathal Byrne unveils the new Peace Seat in the Orchard Peace Park. Below: Laying of the Wreath, Paul Kehoe TD, Sinead Kehoe, Cllrs Kathleen Codd-Nolan, Jackser Owens, Cathal Byrne, John O’Rourke, Barbara-Anne Murphy (Chairperson Wexford Co. Council) and Minister James Browne TD.
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