Fenian leader’s casket to go on public display

The casket which carried the body of Irish Fenian leader Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa home from the US has been restored and will go on public display this weekend.

The casket had been brought from New York for his burial at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin and was subsequently stored in the village of Reenascreena in his native West Cork.

Following its refurbishment for the current centenary commemorations, it will be put on public display adjacent to O’Driscoll’s Pub in Reenascreena on Friday from 7.30pm.