Reunion recalls NFA march

One of the most challenging protest events in Irish farming history has been recalled at a reunion in Co Limerick of some of the surviving participants of the famous NFA march to Dublin more than four decades ago.

Some of the farmers who accompanied Co Limerick farmer, Paddy Lorigan, on the long walk to the capital in 1966 “to demand rights for farmers” came together with him at his home at Murroe last week for a reunion on his 80th birthday.

A well-known NFA-IFA member through the decades, Paddy was a founding member of Murroe NFA Branch and served as Limerick county secretary for 15 years.