Galway Bay FM Newsroom – A memorial stone in remembrance of Pádraig Pearse and his link with the local Volunteers has been unveiled in Rosmuc in Connemara.
The memorial is at the spot where Pearse carried out drilling and training manoeuvres with the Rosmuc group in the period before 1916.
The first national commemoration of the 1916 Rising events was held this week at the O’Donovan-Rossa graveside in Glasnevin.
But in a quitter setting in Ros Muc in Connemara, Padraig Pearse and the group of local volunteers whom he trained were also remembered.
A memorial stone was unveiled at Cnocán na Móna, close to Cill Bhriocáin cemetery, where Pearse carried out drilling and manoeuvres with the local volunteers.
The stone was unveiled by two renowned former boxers from Ros Muc – Seán Mannion who fought for the world light middleweight title in the 1980s, and Máirtín Nee who was a top ranking heavyweight boxer in England in times past.
Pearse, who is said to have written the famous O Donovan Rossa oration in his Rosmuc cottage, had a close involvement with local people and the memorial stone symbolises that historic link.
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