Village to unveil memorial to three Irish patriots

A standing stone, which commemorates three giants of history, will be unveiled in a picturesque West Cork village on Sunday.

The stone and granite memorial, into which has been inserted a plaque etched with the names, faces, and signatures of patriots Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, Michael Collins, and Tom Barry, will be unveiled at about 3.30pm in the seaside village of Rosscarbery by Gabriel Doherty of the History Department at University College Cork.

While the trio all had close connections with the village, the unveiling is part of an Irish and international series of events marking the Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa Centenary Commemorative Programme, which takes place in West Cork, Dublin, and New York over the summer months.