IN PICTURES: Crann na Poblachta planted in memory of George McBrearty and Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire and the 1981 hunger strikers
On Sunday, to mark the 40th anniversary of IRA volunteers George McBrearty and Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire and the ten hunger strikers who died in the H-Blocks in 1981, a new ‘Crann na Poblachta’ was planted in Creggan. The ‘Tree of the Republic’ - a native silver birch - was planted at the George McBrearty mural at Rathkeele Way.
By Kevin Mullan
Published 3rd Jun 2021, 11:33 BST
Updated 3rd Jun 2021, 11:54 BST
5. Crann na Poblachta
Danny McBrearty, brother of Volunteer George McBrearty, speaking at the 40th anniversary of the 1981 hunger striker and the anniversary of his brother and Volunteer Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire’s deaths. DER2122GS - 006
Republican Sinn Féin’s Mickey McGonagle pictured at the planting of the Crann La Poblachta commemoration for the 1981 hunger strikers and the anniversary of Volunteers George McBrearty and Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire, held at Rathkeele Way on Sunday afternoon last. DER2122GS - 007
Children lay wreaths at the George McBrearty mural during the commemoration for the 1981 hunger strikers and the anniversary of Volunteers George McBrearty and Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire, held at Rathkeele Way on Sunday afternoon last. DER2122GS - 008
Independent Republican Richard O’Rawe speaking at the commemoration for the 1981 hunger strikers and the anniversary of Volunteers George McBrearty and Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire, held at Rathkeele Way on Sunday afternoon last. DER2122GS - 009