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New memorial unveiled to Seán Russell

A new memorial in honour of Irish republican Seán Russell was unveiled in Dublin’s Fairview Park on Sunday, 28 June.
Born in Fairview in 1893 Seán Russell was a veteran of the 1916 Rising, the Tan war and Civil War and was Chief of Staff during the IRA’s bombing campaign in England, launched in 1939.
The original memorial was badly vandalised in an attack in December 2004.
Last weekend’s unveiling ceremony was conducted by the National Graves Association which commissioned the new statue by sculptor Willie Malone. The statue was unveiled by Paddy Ryan and Sean Dougan.
A wreath was laid on behalf of Sinn Féin by the party’s Dublin City Council group leader Larry O’Toole.

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