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Matt Barry, great grandson of David Guerin, who was centrally involved in the ambush, with his daughter Aisling Barry, and historian Eddie O Dea, at the Dromkeen Memorial | PICTURE: Brendan Gleeson );
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After the 1916 Easter Rising, sixteen of the Irish Republican leaders were executed and thousands of Irishmen were arrested and interned.
Trials had been held in secret and many Irish people were angered at their harsh treatment and their resistance against British rule grew. There was an escalation of emotion. General Tom Barry, who was a prominent Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader during the War of Independence, blamed the actions of his British opponents for the shift in Irish people’s attitudes and said, “We are now hard, cold and ruthless, as our enemy has been since hostilities began… they (the British) have gone down into the mire to destroy us and our nation, and down after them we had to go”.
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Skryne pay tribute to the late Sean Smyth
December 13, 2020
The late Sean Smyth
The Parish of Skryne and particularly Skryne GFC were plunged into mourning this week on hearing of the sad passing of Sean Smyth (Skryne) after an illness borne with typical determination and without complaint.
Sean is a former Chairperson of Skryne GFC and was instrumental in a tremendous amount of the improvement work carried out at McManus Park over a long number of years. As far back as 1981 Sean, along with his Committee, set about a major reconstruction of the playing surface on the pitch to include ploughing, levelling, draining and reseeding which also included increasing the size of the playing area to bring it up to a par with any inter county venue in the country. It has stood the test of time and is still one of the best around right up to this day.