Derry Volunteers Annual Commemoration 2013

Book of Remembrance launched Saturday

CHAIRPERSON of Derry Sinn Féin Andrew McCartney has said that he has been heartened by the huge response to the requests for the names of local republicans to be included in a new book of remembrance to honour all those who made a contribution to the republican struggle in Derry.

Andrew McCartney said:

“When we made the public appeal we knew we would get a good response but it has far exceeded our expectations.

“It’s been a massive undertaking to get to as many individuals and families as possible to get all the names and dates collated. The names are being handwritten into a specially-commissioned book and cover all phases of the struggle from the 1920s right up the present day.

“We are the first area in Ireland to do something on this scale but we felt it vitally important that it takes place in the build-up to the centenary year of the Easter Rising in 2016.

“It will be a very important historical archive and something that can be passed onto future generations.”