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Chomh maith leis sin ar a dtugtar
(also known as)
Hand McGowan Sherlock Memorial
& also
War of Independence Memorial
unknown Skerries area newspaper, October 28, 1952;
Step Together
Ther will be the sound of marching feet in Skerries this week-end. Old comrades will be marching again shoulder to shoulder - how time is thinning their ranks; there will be martial music sounding, old stories retold, memories revived, and there will be the solemn hush that falls when the loneliest bugle call in the world, a call lonelier than the cry of the curlew over the bog, "The Last Post" is sounded.
For to-morrow the men of Fingal will gather to honour the memory of three of their comrades, Thomas Hand, John McGowan and John Sherlock, who gave their lives for the country they loved in the War of Independence.
Albert Power's simple memorial will be unveiled so that they who pass by may read, remember, and drop a prayer for these three men of Fingal who died for Ireland.
It will be a day when the men of The Fingal Brigade will gather to recall far-off things and battles long ago - and the memory of the Heros, the inspiration that never dies.
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The Gravesites of the Skerries Martyrs:
Thomas Hand - Baldungan Castle Graveyard
Jack McGowan - Holmpatrick Graveyard
Terry Sherlock - Holmpatrick Graveyard
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Chomh maith leis sin ar a dtugtar
(also known as)
Hand McGowan Sherlock Memorial
& also
War of Independence Memorial
unknown Skerries area newspaper, October 28, 1952;
Step Together
Ther will be the sound of marching feet in Skerries this week-end. Old comrades will be marching again shoulder to shoulder - how time is thinning their ranks; there will be martial music sounding, old stories retold, memories revived, and there will be the solemn hush that falls when the loneliest bugle call in the world, a call lonelier than the cry of the curlew over the bog, "The Last Post" is sounded.
For to-morrow the men of Fingal will gather to honour the memory of three of their comrades, Thomas Hand, John McGowan and John Sherlock, who gave their lives for the country they loved in the War of Independence.
Albert Power's simple memorial will be unveiled so that they who pass by may read, remember, and drop a prayer for these three men of Fingal who died for Ireland.
It will be a day when the men of The Fingal Brigade will gather to recall far-off things and battles long ago - and the memory of the Heros, the inspiration that never dies.
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The Gravesites of the Skerries Martyrs:
Thomas Hand - Baldungan Castle Graveyard
Jack McGowan - Holmpatrick Graveyard
Terry Sherlock - Holmpatrick Graveyard
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+ + +
Chomh maith leis sin ar a dtugtar
(also known as)
Hand McGowan Sherlock Memorial
& also
War of Independence Memorial
unknown Skerries area newspaper, October 28, 1952;
Step Together
Ther will be the sound of marching feet in Skerries this week-end. Old comrades will be marching again shoulder to shoulder - how time is thinning their ranks; there will be martial music sounding, old stories retold, memories revived, and there will be the solemn hush that falls when the loneliest bugle call in the world, a call lonelier than the cry of the curlew over the bog, "The Last Post" is sounded.
For to-morrow the men of Fingal will gather to honour the memory of three of their comrades, Thomas Hand, John McGowan and John Sherlock, who gave their lives for the country they loved in the War of Independence.
Albert Power's simple memorial will be unveiled so that they who pass by may read, remember, and drop a prayer for these three men of Fingal who died for Ireland.
It will be a day when the men of The Fingal Brigade will gather to recall far-off things and battles long ago - and the memory of the Heros, the inspiration that never dies.
+ + +
The Gravesites of the Skerries Martyrs:
Thomas Hand - Baldungan Castle Graveyard
Jack McGowan - Holmpatrick Graveyard
Terry Sherlock - Holmpatrick Graveyard
+ + +
Chomh maith leis sin ar a dtugtar
(also known as)
Hand McGowan Sherlock Memorial
& also
War of Independence Memorial
unknown Skerries area newspaper, October 28, 1952;
Step Together
Ther will be the sound of marching feet in Skerries this week-end. Old comrades will be marching again shoulder to shoulder - how time is thinning their ranks; there will be martial music sounding, old stories retold, memories revived, and there will be the solemn hush that falls when the loneliest bugle call in the world, a call lonelier than the cry of the curlew over the bog, "The Last Post" is sounded.
For to-morrow the men of Fingal will gather to honour the memory of three of their comrades, Thomas Hand, John McGowan and John Sherlock, who gave their lives for the country they loved in the War of Independence.
Albert Power's simple memorial will be unveiled so that they who pass by may read, remember, and drop a prayer for these three men of Fingal who died for Ireland.
It will be a day when the men of The Fingal Brigade will gather to recall far-off things and battles long ago - and the memory of the Heros, the inspiration that never dies.
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The Gravesites of the Skerries Martyrs:
Thomas Hand - Baldungan Castle Graveyard
Jack McGowan - Holmpatrick Graveyard
Terry Sherlock - Holmpatrick Graveyard
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Inscription
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In Memory Of Our Townsmen
Who Gave Their Lives For Ireland
During
The Struggle For Independence
Thomas Hand 5th Dec. 1920
John McGowan 1st July 1922
John Terrence Sherlock 27th Oct. 1920
1916 1922
Gravesite Details
circa 2013, the Irish language side of the Memorial (the front side) has deteriorated to the extent that it is no longer legible, the English translation side is in good shape.
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