Memorial card for executed republicans

Memorial card for Liam Mellows, Rory O’Connor, Joseph (‘Joe’) McKelvey and Richard (‘Dick’) Barrett who were executed by firing squad in Mountjoy Jail in Dublin on 8 December 1922.

Details

Level of description: Item
Date: Dec. 1922
Reference: 2
Extent and medium: Printed
Scope and content: Memorial card for Liam Mellows, Rory O’Connor, Joseph (‘Joe’) McKelvey and Richard (‘Dick’) Barrett who were executed by firing squad in Mountjoy Jail in Dublin on 8 December 1922.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > The Papers of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. > Memorial Cards > Civil War

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Places

Mountjoy(1)

Terms

Generation(2)

Sample passages

Richard Barrett,
Rory O'Connor,
Richard Barrett,

Full Transcript (OCR, 1 pages)

Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.

Page 1

"There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice but there are in every generation those who make it and these are the salt of the generations, the heroes who stand midway between God and men. Patriotism is in large part a memory of heroic dead men and a striving to accomplish some task left unfinished by them." P. H. Pearse. "Why a last stand and a sacrifice are more inspiring than a great victory is one of the hidden things; but the truth stands: for thinking of them our spirits rekindle, our courage re-awakens, and we stiffen our backs for another battle." T. MacSwiney. In Memoriam Rory O'Connor, Liam Mellows, Richard Barrett, Joseph McKelvey, Pro Patria Mortuorum in Carcare Mountjoy. In Festo Immaculatae Conceptionis. B. V. M. Die 8° Decembris, 1922 Requiescant in Pace. Δ ἱο, Δ, Δ μυμε, Δ σεοραιμι! Δ Ϲμοιονε μυλιρ ἱορΔ, μο σμάο τύ. "RORY." Δ μυμε μάταιρ, Δ σειν σαν τειμερλ, συιο ομτα. "DICK." Δ ἱορΔ, τμοςαιμε! μο σμάο μο τισερμα ἱορΔ Ϲμορτ. "LIAM." Δ Ϲμοιονε μυλιρ μυμε, οειμ ρλάν λεατ μιρε. "JOE."