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Tánaiste says Ballyseedy massacre marks one of the lowest points of national history

Mar 4, 2023 17:08 By radiokerrynews
Tánaiste says Ballyseedy massacre marks one of the lowest points of national history
Commemoration of Ballyseedy Massacre in Tralee Co Kerry . An Tánaiste, Micheál Martin TD arrived for the Commemoration of Ballyseedy Massacre . Micheál Martin TD at the Fianna Fail Centenary Commemoration of the Ballyseedy Massacre in Tralee on Saturday afternoon , An Tánaiste, placed on a wreath in memory of the dead men . . Saturday 4th March 2023 Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD . Domnick Walsh Photographer is an Irish Aviation Authority ( IAA ) approved Quadcopter Pilot. Tralee Co Kerry Ireland. Mobile Phone : 00 353 87 26 72 033 Land Line        : 00 353 66 71 22 981 E/Mail :        [email protected] Web Site :    www.dwalshphoto.ie ALL IMAGES ARE COVERED BY COPYRIGHT © Commemoration of Ballyseedy Massacre An Tánaiste, Micheál Martin TD Saturday 4th March 2023 Is é an spiorad ina bhfuilimid bailithe le chéile inniu ná spiorad an ómóis agus an chuimhneacháin. Ar ámharaí an tsaoil, níl imeachtaí mar uafáis mhí an Mhárta míle naoi gcéad fiche trí ag tarlú in Éirinn an lae inniu. Ag an am céanna, tá dualgas orainn cuimhneamh agus machnamh a dhéanamh ar ár stair. Agus ag déanamh sin, tá orainn rudaí a fhoghlaim ón spiorad díobh siúd a tháinig slán agus a raibh sí mar aidhm leagtha amach acu cabhrú lena gcontae agus a dtír a bhogadh chun cinn. In the history of our country, we have many moments which we remember with immense pride. Many heroic events and personalities who we honour as central to our national story. Over recent years, both locally and nationally, we have gathered to celebrate some of the most important figures and events in our history. In doing this we have reflected on what we owe to the great generation which sacrificed and achieved so much in our revolution. Yet if we are to be honest in remembering our past, we must also make time for darker events – for moments which no one could possibly be proud of, and which left deep scars. Unquestionably, the brutal mass
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The Tanaiste says the brutal massacre in Ballyseedy on the night of the 6th and 7th of March 1923 marked one of the lowest points in our national story.

Micheál Martin's been addressing the Fianna Fail Centenary Commemoration of the Ballyseedy massacre in Tralee this afternoon.

He says even after a hundred years what happened here retains the power to shock.

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He says we come here to honour the memory of those young lives lost on that night and in other events in Kerry that terrible month.

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