EASTER COMMEMORATION NOTICES
All cumann/areas should send details of their
respective Easter commemorations to our office no later
than 5pm Monday 6 April for inclusion in the Easter
edition of the paper.
Easter events
County Cork
EASTER EVENTS: Saturday 11 April: Function, 8pm,
Spailpín Fanac. Ballads by Roisín the Bow and James
Connolly RFB. Táille £3. EASTER SUNDAY: Commemoration,
YOUGHAL. Assemble 11am Devonshire Arms and march to
Republican Plot, North Abbey Cemetery; Commemoration,
CORK CITY. Assemble 2pm National monument, Grand Parade
and march to Republican Plot in St Finbarr's Cemetery.
Ahern/Crowly and James Connolly RFBs in attendance;
Function, 8pm CIE Club, Arcadia. Ballads by Roisín the
Bow and James Connolly RFB. Táille £4. EASTER MONDAY:
Commemoration, COBH. Assemble 12pm Harbour Row, and
march to Republican Plot, Old Church Cemetery. Speaker
at all commemorations is Cllr Alex Maskey (Belfast).
County Dublin
Easter Saturday: Assemble 2pm, Coombe Hospital and
march to Eamonn Ceannt Park, CRUMLIN. Prominent speaker
Easter Sunday: Assemble 1.30pm GPO, O'Connell Street,
DUBLIN CITY and march to Glasnevin Cemetery for
commemoration.
County Kerry
Easter Sunday: Assemble 12.30pm, The Square, Listowel;
Assemble 2.30pm the Pikeman Monument, Denny Street,
Tralee. March to Republican Plot, Rath Cemetery.
Speaker Mitchel McLaughlin.
County Louth
Easter Saturday: Assemble 12 noon, for wreath-laying
ceremony at Watters Brothers Memorial, DUNDALK.
Easter Sunday: Assemble 2.30pm, Adelphi Car Park, and
marches to ceremony at Republican Plot, St Patrick's
Cemetery, Newry Road, DUNDALK. Republican re-union
function in local venue at 8pm. Táille £5
England
Commemoration and celebration, 8pm Friday 3 April,
Lewisham Irish Centre, Davenport Road, Catford, LONDON.
Live music, exhibition, poetry, bar
Other events
SIX-COUNTY WIDE SAOIRSE DEMOS: 29 March, ARMAGH CITY,
County Armagh; 26 April, CROSSMAGLEN, County Armagh; 31
May, CUSHENDALL, County Antrim
SF YOUTH FUNDRAISER: 9pm til late Thursday 26 March,
Felons' Club, Falls Road, BELFAST, County Antrim. Music
from `Cruncher', `Bik' and friends. Tickets £2.50
FUASCAILT BENEFIT SOCIAL: For the release of all Irish
political prisoners. Thursday 26 March, Victoria Pub,
Holloway Rd, LONDON, England. Music from Seán Brady.
Tickets £3/2 adv. Write to Fuascailt PO Box 3923,
London NW5 1RA
PLAY DATES: For the Dubblejoint production of A Moon
for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill. 26 March,
COOTEHILL, tel 049 52605; 27/28 March, ARMAGH, 01861
521800; 30 March, WESTPORT, 098 25327; 31 March,
BALLINASLOE, 0905 43423
WELCOME-HOME FUNCTION: For ex-POWs James Hughes and
Connor O'Neill. Saturday 28 March, Emyvale Inn,
MONAGHAN. Music by Summerfly. Táille: £5
PICKET: Calling for the release of all POWs. 2-3pm
Saturday 28 March, Crumlin village, DUBLIN. Organised
by Dublin South Central Sinn Féin
SEISUIN MOR: 10 til late Saturday 28 March, Sliabh Bán,
Ballyleigue, LANSBORO. Táille £3. Traditional musician
sfrom all over. All welcome. Organised by the Mairéad
Farrell/Martin Hurson Sinn Féin Cumann
DEMONSTRATION: Free all Irish POWs. Saturday 28 March,
ZURICH, Switzerland
CONFERENCE: Check-in 5-11pm Friday 27 March, Queen's
University, BELFAST, County Antrim. Conference on
Saturday 28 10am-5pm and Sunday 29 March 12noon-2.30pm.
Organised by Irish Republican Students. Ph Gerry Flynn
on 584169 for details
PUBLIC MEETING: The Irish Peace Talks: Can a Just
Agreement Be Reached. 7.30pm Thursday 2 April, Conway
Hall, LONDON, England. Adm £2/£1. Organised by Irish
Campaigns Network
FUNDRAISER: Annual Seán Campbell Sinn Féin Cumann
fundraiser. Friday 3 April, CAESAR'S NITECLUB, County
Louth. Featuring Celtic Dawn. Followed by super disco.
Táille £3
FIVE-A SIDE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT: 1pm Friday 10 April,
Eamonn Ceannt Park, Sundrive Road, CRUMLIN, Dublin.
Teams from Dublin cumainn. Organised by Dublin South
Central Sinn Féin
FUASCAILT PICKET: Demand the release of all Irish
Political Prisoners. 12-1.30pm Sunday 5 April, Downing
Street, LONDON, England. Contact Fuascailt on 0181-442
8778 or Fuascailt, PO Box 3923, London NW5 1RA.
PUBLIC MEETING: The Dis-Uniting Kingdom - Scottish ad
Welsh Devolution. 8pm Tuesday 7 April, ATGWU Hall,
Middle Abbey Street, DUBLIN. Speakers: Owen Bennet and
William Wallace (Connolly Association, Glasgow).
Organised by the James Connolly Education Trust
FUASCAILT MEETING: 8pm Thursday 9 April, Camden Irish
Centre, Murray St, LONDON, England. For further
information write to: Fuascailt, PO Box 3923, London
NW5 1RA, or ring 0181 442 8778
LEACHT STAIRE: 7.30 Céadaoin 1 Aibreán 1798 agus an
Iarthuaisceart le Breandán Mac Suibhne; Comhdháil
Náisiúnta na Gaeilge, 42 Sráid Chill Dara, BAILE ATHA
CLIATH. Tuilleadh eolais o Aengus O Snodaigh 6763222
WHITE-LINE PICKET: Stand by Articles 2 & 3. 1.30-3pm
Saturday 4 April, Nutgrove Shopping Centre,
RATHFARNHAM, County Dublin. Organised by the Martin
Forsythe Sinn Féin Cumann. All welcome
FUASCAILT MONTHLY PICKET: For the release of All Irish
POWs. 12-1.30pm Sunday 5 April, Downing St, LONDON,
England
SF EASTER FUNCTION: Saturday 11 April, Widow Scallan's,
Pearse Street, DUBLIN. Music by Clann Rí. Organised by
Dublin South Central Sinn Féin
CORK EASTER EVENTS: Saturday 11 April: Function, 8pm,
Spailpín Fanac. Ballads by Rosin the Bow and James
Connolly RFB. Táille £3; EASTER SUNDAY 12 APRIL:
Commemoration, YOUGHAL, County Cork. Assemble 11am
Devonshire Arms and march to Republican Plot, North
Abbey Cemetery; Commemoration, CORK CITY. Assemble 2pm
National monument, Grand Parade and march to Republican
Plot in St Finbarr's Cemetery. Ahern/Crowly and James
Connolly RFBs in attendance; Function, 8pm CIE Club,
Arcadia. Ballads by Rosin the Bow and James Connolly
RFB. Táille £4; EASTER MONDAY 13 APRIL: Commemoration,
COBH, County Cork. Assemble 12pm Harbour Row, and march
to Republican Plot, Old Church Cemetery.
TOM CONFERENCE: The North of Ireland, Lessons from the
past, Visions for the Future. 10am-5pm Saturday 25
April, Union Club, Pershore Road, BIRMINGHAM, England.
Fee £3/£1.50. Organised by TOM. Info on 0961 361 518.
Followed by Dare to Dream, stories, slides and songs
from El Salvador and North of Ireland, 8pm, same venue.
Fee £5/£2.50. New TOM address: PO Box, 1032 Birmingham
B12 8BZ. Tel 0961 518
VOLUNTEERS COMMEMORATION: Assemble 2.30pm Sunday 26
April, The Square, KILLORGLIN, County Kerry, followed
by march to Ballykissane Pier. Speaker Martin Ferris
BUS TO CROSS SAOIRSE RALLY: Saoirse demo in
Crossmaglen, 26 April. Bus from Rathfarnham, Dublin
leaves Hillgrove Estate, 9.50am, nutgrove Firre
Station, 10am, Furry Bog pub, Whitechurch 10.20am.
Organised by Martin Forsythe Sinn Féin Cumann
LOUGHGALL BADGE: To commemorate the eight IRA
Volunteers murdered at Loughgall in 1987 a badge, `The
Loughgall Cross' is now on sale. It can be obtained
from: The Loughgall Truth and Justice Campaign, 62 St
John's Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Please enclose
a cheque or postal order made payable to Mairéad Kelly,
Campaign Director for £2.50 sterling or IR £3 plus p&p.
Tenth anniversary memorial cards and keyrings available
at £2
BAND wanted for Easter commemoration in GALWAY. Contact
Eoghan Mac Cormaic at Sinn Féin Head Office (01) 872
6100
BANDS REQUIRED: For Easter commemoration in DUNDALK,
County Louth on Easter Sunday, 2.30pm. Ring Liam on
042-29866
JOE McDONNELL CUMANN LOTTO DRAW, BLANCHARDSTOWN
Thursday 19 March 1998. Nos: 9,13,24. No winner: £10
winners: ruth Lole, c/o Pub, 19471; John Brannigan, c/o
Robbie, 21813; Aoife hogan, c/o Rosie, 21827; David
hogan, c/o Rosie, 21835; Noel Shepherd, c/o Rosie,
21842. Next week's jackpot £700.
SOUTH DERRY SF LOTTO 9 March. Nos 4,6,9,13. 5 x £10
winners: S Shaw, Draperstown; S Kelly, c/o Kilrea; B
O'Kane, Maghera; E Kearney, c/o Newbridge; A
McLaughlin, Newbridge. 16 March. Nos 2,5,11,14. 5 x £10
winners: C Archibald, Draperstown; E Dougan, c/o
Newbridge; C Orr, Maghera; A Doherty, Draperstown; J
Gilmore, c/o Newbridge. 23 March. Nos 4,10,12,20. 5 x
£10 winners: R Murphy, Newbridge; P O'Kane, c/o Maghea;
K Kelly, c/o Kilrea; M McGuigan, Draperstown; G
Groogan, Draperstown. Jackpot £300.
Cork lotto, 16 March Nos: 5,9,10. No winner. Jackpot
£100. £10 winner no 54, Tim O
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