Dublin Castle perfect for our bid for freedom

It is most fitting that thousands of Irish people would gather Saturday in the courtyard of Dublin Castle to celebrate the overwhelming approval of the Marriage Equality referendum.

Dublin Castle perfect for our bid for freedom
Tue, 26 May, 2015 - 01:00
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For, it was here in 1922 that seven centuries of British rule ended. The ancient walls reverberated on Saturday as thousands of men and women shouted out their joy to advance another step to freedom, the freedom to love and marry the partner of their choice.

Robert F Lyons

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