Michael Gaughan Commemoration, Ballina, County Mayo

THE SUN SHONE on the crowd that gathered at the Republican Plot in Leigue Cemetery on Sunday 4 June to remember Mayo hunger striker Michael Gaughan, who died in Parkhurst Prison on 3 June 1974. 

Michael Regan (Chairperson of the local Gaughan, Lynn & Stagg Sinn Féin Cumann) welcomed everyone and Declan Cuffe read the Proclamation before Senator Rose Conway Walsh gave a very moving speech about Michael Gaughan, his life and his legacy.