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captain danford unveiling
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event notice 
Sunday August 03, 2008 11:06
by captain danford - rsf
memorial to limerick man to be unveiled in limerick
the limerick republican graves committee will remember a local volunteer murdered by a free state murder gang in august 1922.
the restored memorial to captain michael danford will be formally unveiled by phil fitzgerald of cappamore at the place where the murder took place,at the ballysimon road,at 3 o clock on sunday august 10th next.
capt danford was a married man with four children.the youngest michael was only eight weeks at the time.his youngest daughter margaret who was only two years old happily is still with us and hopefully will be able to attend the ceremony.
capt danford who lived at no 1 old dominic street.kings island took part in many attacks on the british forces in limerick during the tan war.he also saw action in the civil war on the republican side.he is one of two limerick men murdered by the free state forces during the civil war,the other harry brazier was murdered in limerick jail while he was a prisoner there.
the general public are invited to attend
Comments (6 of 6)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6good to see danford being remembered.the memorial spot was in awful condition and showed no respect to danford.i would like to sat good work to commitee for fixing this up as i seen the work done.
i live close to it and will bring my family to it on the day.
on behalf of my nana and myself i would just like to thank everyone involved and my nana was extremely happy with the efforts to restore the grave and the outcome, sadly my nana Margerat Wallace has passed on but i know she is even happier now that she is in reunited with the loved ones that she lost while she was here, thanks again.
well said paul.its great to see the memorial restored but a pity our grandmother has past on but as paul said she's with all loved ones that have gone before her.may they rest in peace.
"He also saw action in the civil war on the republican side.he is one of two limerick men murdered by the free state forces during the civil war"
I see.
Its "Murder" when the other side do the killing.
Its "Heroic Action" when your own side do the killing.
That whining self pity goes through republicanism to this very day.
Where did the 'free' state get the guns to kill their own during the civil war?From the Brits in Dublin Castle.
The newly formed 'free' state army asked the Brits for their Canons and Lee Enfields to attack the Four Courts .
They then proceeded to adopt the Sam Brown Belt and uniform to continue the occupation through the legal system known as the BAR which stems from London.
Talk about a screwed up psyche.
Harry brazier was not shot in limerick prison he was shot in limerick loco works
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