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WITH the row over the naming of the Ennis Sinn Féin cumann continuing, over 100 relatives of Peadar Clancy have signed a petition requesting that his name not be linked to any political party. The Ennis cumann is named after Peadar Clancy (the Cranny man killed while in custody at Dublin Castle during the War of Independence) and Mairead Farrell (the Provisional IRA member shot dead by British soldiers at Gibraltar in 1988). This week Michael Neylon, a grand nephew of Clancy’s said that many of the family are opposed to his name being used by a political party. “One hundred and six people have signed, that’s between grand nieces, grand nephews, great grand nieces and great grand nephews. That’s what makes up that number.” He said that many of those who have signed are from Clare, where nine families have links to Clancy. Mr Neylon said that those who signed were very happy to do so. “They had no …

CHAIRMAN/PRO of the Ennis Sinn Féin cumann Tommy Guilfoyle has defended its being named after Peadar Clancy and Mairead Farrell, following criticism from Clare TD Cathal Crowe. Deputy Crowe had claimed that relatives of Clancy were opposed to his name being adopted by the Cumann, but Mr Guilfoyle said that some people connected to him are proud of the association. In a statement to the Champion, Mr Guilfoyle said, “Ennis Sinn Féin is proudly named the ‘Peadar Clancy Mairéad Farrell Cumann’. We have held this Cumann name for over a decade and we honour both Republicans by remembering them in our Cumann name with fraternal pride and the utmost respect. “Our members and their families have attended the Cranny Community ‘Peadar Clancy Festival’ and we would like to congratulate the community on a fantastic festival and on the very fitting memorial monument to Peadar in the heart of the community. “Our Cumann Officers have attended the ‘1916-1921 Committee’ commemoration to …

DEPUTY Cathal Crowe has said he intends to raise a Clare family’s objection to the naming of the Ennis Sinn Féin Cumann in the Dáil. The cumann is named after Peadar Clancy (the Cranny native who fought in 1916 and was killed during the War of Independence) and Mairead Farrell (a Provisional IRA volunteer, shot dead in disputed circumstances at Gibraltar in 1988). Deputy Crowe has recently re-engaged in an online spat with local Sinn Féin members, for the second time in the past two months, and he told the Clare Champion that surviving relatives of Peadar Clancy are unhappy about his name being linked with the party. “Michael Neylon is a grandnephew of Peadar Clancy, who didn’t have his own children, so Michael and other grandnephews and grandnieces are the closest surviving relatives. “Michael has contacted most if not all of them, and everyone he has contacted has the same view, that they do not want Peadar Clancy’s name …

CLARE TD Cathal Crowe has publicly rowed with Ennis Sinn Féin in recent days, over the naming of the Peadar Clancy Mairead Farrell Cumann. Originally from Cranny, Peadar Clancy was killed on Bloody Sunday, in November 1920 and Deputy Crowe was involved in a Facebook spat this week with the Ennis Sinn Fein Cumann over the use of his name. “I think it’s disrespectful and insensitive to the surviving members of Peadar Clancy’s family. They’ve made it clear that they don’t consent to his name being used, they’ve written to Sinn Féin headquarters and their complaints have been ignored. “Normally I would confine my political debating with Sinn Féin to the Dáil chamber but I do place a high value on history and historic accuracy. I don’t see how the Sinn Féin cumann in Ennis can in any way claim lineage or connection to Peadar Clancy and I think it’s disrespectful that they continue to do so with his family …

WHILE the eyes of the nation were on Croke Park this weekend, both for sporting action and commemoration events, ceremonies were also held in this county to mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday. The events of November 21, 1920, are etched deep in the history of the War of Independence. Newspaper accounts of the time used words like “massacre” and “slaughter” to describe the killing of 14 civilians, including three children, and the injuring of up to 80, at the football match between Tipperary and Dublin. The killings were a reprisal for the assassination of 12 British Army intelligence officers and two auxillaries, and were followed, that night, by the torture and murder of Peadar Clancy, Dick McKee and Conor Clune at Dublin Castle. The three had been arrested on suspicion of being part of Michael Collins’s notorious Squad, or of having information about the unit, and are understood to have endured hours of brutal torture. Both Clancy and Clune …

LECTURES, parades, book launches and commemoration ceremonies will be celebrated as part of a comprehensive programme in Clare to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising. In total, 66 actions, covering seven strands, reflecting the themes adopted for the national programme were unveiled in the Clare schedule on Thursday in Dublin. The two main actions associated with World War I – the Clare Peace Park initiative and the Merriman Summer School, themed Ireland’s Gallant Allies in Europe – will be among the highlights of the local programme. It will include a focus on two men who are associated with 1916 in Clare – Con Colbert and Peadar Clancy. The official Clare County Council event is the re-development of the site commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising at the Club Bridge in Ennis. It is planned that there will be a re-launch of this site in early May 2016. The sub-committee meeting of the Cultural, Arts, Community, Recreation and …