Photo Diary - Éirígí Easter Commemorations 2023 - Part 1
Easter has been a time of remembrance, reflection and recommitment for Irish republicans for over 100 years. The first Easter Commemorations, which took place in the years immediately following the 1916 Rising, understandably focused on the the republican dead of that historic rebellion.
Easter Commemorations, however, soon widened their focus to include those who had died for Irish freedom in the decades and centuries before the 1916 Rising as well. Today, when Irish republicans gather at Easter, they do so to remember their dead from every phase of the freedom struggle, including the most recent phase of the late 20th century.
Éirígí activists marked Easter 2023 by laying wreaths and flowers at republican graves, monuments and statues across Ireland. From Dublin to Galway and Belfast to Wexford we gathered to pay tribute to those who gave their all for the cause of the Irish Republic.
Below are a selection of photographs from those commemorative events. Additional images can be see in Part 2 of this photo diary.
The grave of Volunteer Thomas Rafferty in St. MacCullins Church Cemetery, Lusk, Co. Dublin
Liam Mellows statue off Eyre Square, Galway City
The Harbinson Plot in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast City
Liam Mellows statue in Finglas, Dublin City
The grave of Volunteer Patrick Seery in Ballinagore, County Westmeath
Anne Devline statue, Rathfarnham, Dublin City
The grave of Volunteer James Corcoran in Askamore Cemetery, Co. Wexford
Pádraig Mac Piarais statue in St Enda's, Rathfarnham, Dublin City
The IRA monument, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
The Republican monument in Ashbourne, Co. Meath
The Workhouse Wall, Tuam, Co Galway