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Title: A bit of Irish Memorabilia up for sale Post by: zankoku on February 07, 2008, 08:36AM The full article is here at Irish World http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=2&Article_Id=4681 (http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=2&Article_Id=4681)
but here are excerts A MEDAL awarded to an Irish soldier who took part in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 is set to go under the auctioneer’s hammer. The medal was awarded to William Patrick Partridge and has been passed down through his family to his grandson, Sid McAuley who lives in Thornbury in Devon. William Patrick Partridge was an active trade unionist, early Sinn Feiner and trusted friend of James Connolly and Jim Larkin. He formed the ITGWU and was directly involved in the 1913 Dublin Lockout. Around this time he was also president of the ASE, a Dublin Labour councillor, and founder member of the Irish Labour Party. During the Easter Rising he was a Captain of the Irish Citizen Army, working alongside the Volunteers. He fought alongside Countess Markievicz at the College of Surgeons during the battle. He was captured and sentenced to 15 years for taking part in an armed rebellion and also for anti-recruitment speeches. He was shipped to Dartmoor Prison, but was later released due to illness. He died of Brights Disease at his home in 1917, aged 43. Jim Title: Re: A bit of Irish Memorabilia up for sale Post by: Maggie on February 07, 2008, 12:29PM Let's hope it is bought by a Museum in Ireland.
I am already thinking about the Centennial Celebration of the Easter Rising. I hope to be there. Yes I know, it's still 8 years away, but you have to have some goals. This is the GPO in 1916, and today: (http://irelandposters.com/irish_movies/dublin_1916_Abbey_st_GPO.jpg) (http://www.irelandposters.com/images/Dublin_Ireland_GPO_flags.jpg) |