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Manus O’Riordan with Connolly Column Flag

Manus O’Riordan is holding the Flag of ‘The International Brigade’ that went to fight in the Spanish Civil War in 1936 in the Republican cause against Franco.
This holds special significance for Manus as his father Michael O’Riordan was one of those driven to join the International Brigade.
Manus is holding the flag by the grave of Frank Ryan who was leader of the Connolly Column. This Irishman died at Dresden in 1944 in WW II.

The Keeper of the Flame

Manus O’Riordan, seventy-five years later is the ‘Keeper of the Flame.’

Jerry O’Reilly singing in Glasnevin Cemetery

Frank Harte Festival 2009

Jerry O’Reilly in Glasnevin

Joyce Dickinson sings in the Sunday afternoon Session