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SINN Féin’s member on Clare County Council has called on the authority to support a campaign to re-inter five men buried at Kilmainham Gaol, after their execution in the late 1800s.
Councillor Donna McGettigan asked for support for a bid to have Joe Brady, Daniel Curley, Michael Fagan, Thomas Caffrey and Tim Kelly, known as The Invincibles, exhumed and reinterred in consecrated ground at Glasnevin Cemetery.
The motion called on the appropriate government department to carry out the excavation works at the gaol where the men have bene buried since 1883. It noted that the families of the men are represented by The National Graves Association.
“Their families wish for them to have a proper burial,” Councillor McGettigan said. “Many Councils have already supported this motion.”
The motion was seconded by Councillor Gerry Flynn.
