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14 July 2014

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Limerick wants its 1916 flag back from Imperial War Museum

Maurice Quinlivan (left): Fitting if the flag was returned to Limerick


LIMERICK CITY Sinn Féin Councillor Maurice Quinlivan has written to Britain’s Imperial War Museum to request the return of a Tricolour captured in Limerick in 1916.

The flag (pictured, on display in the Imperial War Museum in London) was captured by British Army’s 4th Battalion of the Leinster Regiment in Limerick on 5 May 1916 following the Easter Rising in Dublin.

Councillor Quinlivan commented:

Tricolour in IWM

“It would be fitting if the flag was returned to Limerick in time for the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, which will be a very important event both in Limerick and nationally.

“Sinn Féin is determined to ensure that the 1916 centenary is marked in the most appropriate way possible, as a fitting popular acknowledgement of the past but also – and just as importantly – as a pointer to a better future.”

He said that many events will take place across Ireland and the world to commemorate this hugely important event which gave birth to the free Irish nation. And added

“This flag should be returned to form a centrepiece of Limerick’s centenary commemoration in 2016 as a tribute to those who sacrificed their lives and liberty for our freedom.”

Councillor Quinlivan says he is waiting to hear back from Diane Lees, Director of the Imperial War Museum.

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