tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310496371789739602024-03-22T02:18:09.349+00:00Fearless But Few: Fermanagh and the Easter RisingThis book traces the stories of Fermanagh people who played an active part in the events of Easter Week 1916. Their actions changed the course of Irish history. Their own lives too would never be the same again. These men who fought together in Dublin soon found themselves scattered and divided and they slipped into obscurity, their stories forgotten, their deeds unknown.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131049637178973960.post-13933459161816901272016-03-15T15:36:00.000+00:002016-03-15T15:51:57.327+00:00Commemorating William Scott. Ulster Protestant, Irish Nationalist.<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
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Fermanagh 1916 Centenary Association were delighted to be able to attend the
recent commemoration of </span>William John Scott and the marking of his
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Party and took part in the Easter Rising as part of the Citizen Army, fighting
under Constance Markievicz and Michael Mallin in St Stephen’s Green.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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may seem a quite unlikely participant in the events of Easter Week, 1916,
coming as he did from Church of Ireland protestant background and later joining
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he was a bricklayer and a strong trade unionist, being part of the Bricklayer’s
Union and was living in the tenements of Dublin experiencing daily the
inequalities in society. We can assume, given
his involvement in the Irish Republican Socialist Party along with James
Connolly; William was driven by a desire to improve worker’s rights for all
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was great attendance at the 5<sup>th</sup> March event, with 30 people
travelling from William’s native county Fermanagh, and his grandchildren and
their families as well as members of the wider community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Scott, William’s grandson, gave a beautiful graveside oration and spoke about
what inspired the men and women of 1916 and what continues to inspire men and
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were laid on the grave by William’s great-grandchildren as the first flowers of
spring, early rising and a symbol of youth and hope for the future.</span></div>
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lilies were then laid on the resting place as a symbol of the Easter Rising and
also for Mother’s Day and International Women’s Day – a tribute to William’s
wife Mary, a native of Glangevlin, who had played a strong role supporting William.</span></span></div>
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have this day to remember. They can take pride in the part that their relative
played in this momentous time in Irish history. They are his legacy.</span><br />
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the rebels against Franco in the Spanish Civil War and fought bravely in the
Connolly Column of the 15<sup>th</sup> International Brigade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since then, a small band of amateur historians trawled the county and carried out research with local press, military archives, and the volunteer's families, to try to uncover information on these people in order to try to record them for the first time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What we found were fascinating stories of ten men who travelled different roads to get to Dublin, but found themselves taking part in this epic moment in Irish History, which has had, and continues to have, far reaching consequences, not just on our own shores.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apart from recording their stories, our hope was that our humble offering would start some conversations. The Easter Rising is often held up as a divisive issue - especially in the six counties in the north eastern part of this island. But in telling the stories of two Fermanagh Volunteers, George Irvine and William Scott, some of those myths and stereotypes are dispelled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, both the BBC and guest writer, Ciaran McLaren, on Jude Collins' Blog have covered George Irvine's story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why all the interest in George? Because his story seems so unlikely to our conditioned minds. It challenges us to rethink what we thought we knew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Church of Ireland Republican from Enniskillen who played a leading role both during and after Easter Week in the Irish Volunteers? Now that's an intriguing tale in anybody's book! </span></div>
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Who Fears to Speak of Easter Week?<span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On 6th December 2015 'Fearless But Few: Fermanagh and the Easter Rising' was
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In attendance at the event were relatives of many of the Volunteers who had
taken part in the rising as well as the wider public. The event was
chaired by local solicitor, Frank McManus, who, 50 years ago, had read The
Proclamation on the anniversary of the Rising at the graveside of Phil Cassidy,
one of the Fermanagh Volunteers who fought at the GPO and who’s story is told
in this book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fermanagh 1916 Centenary Association Chairman, Oliver McCaffrey, spoke
about how the project to document these people's lives came about and said ‘This
book is the beginning of a conversation about Fermanagh people who were part of
the Rising. The Volunteers documented here are not the only people from the
county who were involved; they are those for whom we have been able to find
documentary proof.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Activist and author, Danny Morrison, spoke powerfully linking the events of 1916
to the present day in his speech on the theme ‘Who Fears to Speak of Easter
Week?’ He said that the book ‘was a great tribute to those heroes of Fermanagh
who were prepared to fight and die for the freedom of Ireland at Easter 1916.’</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Proclamation was read by May Murphy, granddaughter of one of the Fermanagh Volunteers, Owen Greene. A poignant moment for everyone in the room</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fermanagh 1916 Centenary Association Secretary, Mandy Leonard, spoke about
the role that women played in the Rising and said that ‘although we were unable
to find any documentary evidence of Fermanagh women having taken part, we are
sure that they were there alongside the men and perhaps, in a future edition of
the book, we will be telling their stories as more information comes to light.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was then a presentation of the books to representatives of the families
of the volunteers who were in attendance by Siobhán Currie, Treasurer of the
Fermanagh 1916 Centenary Association which was followed by a great rendition of
‘The Foggy Dew’, bringing the official launch proceedings to a close.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Siobhán Currie presenting a copy of the book to Liam Scott, grandson of Irish Citizen Army Volunteer, William Scott.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'The Foggy Dew' is sang to bring proceedings to a close. The book took it's title from the words of this song.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although the official launch had finished, the music continued and it was an
opportunity for people to buy the book, meet with the relatives’ families, and
get their copies signed and just have a chat about the Rising.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therein, one of the main objectives of
writing this book is achieved: we want this book to create conversation for we
should not fear to speak of Easter week and the role Fermanagh people played in
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'The momentous events of Easter brought together an extraordinary group of people whose individual stories have remained largely untold. For a week in Dublin they acted with common purpose in pursuit of an ideal, of </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">freedom and independence for Ireland. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This book traces the stories of the Fermanagh men who played an active role in the events of Easter Week. Their actions changed the course of Irish history. Their own lives too would never be the same again. In telling their stories this took tells the story of Ireland in the decades since 1916, the successes and failures, the triumphs and disappointments. These men who fought together in Dublin soon found themselves scattered and divided and they </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">slipped into obscurity, their stories forgotten, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">their deeds unknown.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The greatest disappointment for the Fermanagh men of 1916 must have been that their own county was not to become part of the independent republic for which they had fought. Partition meant that none of them returned to live in Fermanagh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In remembering the Fermanagh men of 1916 let us remember their ideals, their vision of better Ireland and let us consider whether we have been true or unfaithful to those ideals in the century since they made their stand. </span></div>
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