{"id":2302,"date":"2015-05-16T08:41:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T08:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kildare.ie\/ehistory\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2024-06-06T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:08:09","slug":"interment-of-john-devoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/interment-of-john-devoy\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERMENT OF JOHN  DEVOY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><em>IRISH INDEPENDENT<\/em> 10 April 1928<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>INTERMENT OF JOHN\u00a0 DEVOY<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To\u00a0 the\u00a0 Editor\u00a0 \u201c Irish\u00a0 Independent.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sir &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0 view\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 arrangements\u00a0 that\u00a0 are\u00a0 being\u00a0 made\u00a0 by\u00a0 the\u00a0 Irish\u00a0 people\u00a0 in\u00a0 New\u00a0 York\u00a0 to\u00a0 have\u00a0 the\u00a0 remains\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 late\u00a0 John\u00a0 Devoy\u00a0 taken\u00a0 to\u00a0 Ireland\u00a0 for\u00a0 interment\u00a0 in\u00a0 Glasnevin,\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 having\u00a0 his\u00a0 last\u00a0 wish\u00a0 fulfilled.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u00a0 might\u00a0 be\u00a0 possible\u00a0 to\u00a0 have\u00a0 a\u00a0 representative\u00a0 and\u00a0 influential\u00a0 committee\u00a0 appointed\u00a0 to\u00a0 take\u00a0 charge\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 funeral\u00a0 arrangements\u00a0 on this\u00a0 side\u00a0 and\u00a0 pay\u00a0 a\u00a0 national\u00a0 respect,\u00a0 which\u00a0 is\u00a0 well\u00a0 deserved\u00a0 for\u00a0 his\u00a0 work\u00a0 in the\u00a0 Militant\u00a0 Nationalist\u00a0 Movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 late\u00a0 John\u00a0 Devoy\u00a0 differed\u00a0 with\u00a0 many\u00a0 people\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 past ,\u00a0 but\u00a0 on\u00a0 an\u00a0 occasion\u00a0 such\u00a0 as\u00a0 this\u00a0 we\u00a0 would\u00a0 show\u00a0 our\u00a0 greatness\u00a0 in\u00a0 sinking\u00a0 our\u00a0 differences\u00a0 and\u00a0 party\u00a0 distinctions.\u00a0\u00a0 On\u00a0 two\u00a0 previous\u00a0 occasions\u00a0 when\u00a0 the\u00a0 remains\u00a0 of\u00a0 Terence\u00a0 Bellew\u00a0 McManus\u00a0 and\u00a0 O\u2019Donovan\u00a0 Rossa\u00a0 were\u00a0 brought\u00a0 for\u00a0 interment,\u00a0 there\u00a0 were\u00a0 men\u00a0 in\u00a0 Ireland\u00a0 big enough\u00a0 to\u00a0 sink\u00a0 their\u00a0 differences\u00a0 and\u00a0 distinctions\u00a0 for\u00a0 such\u00a0 occasions,\u00a0 and\u00a0 not\u00a0 without\u00a0 having\u00a0 very\u00a0 good\u00a0 effect\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 people\u00a0 as\u00a0 a\u00a0 whole.\u00a0\u00a0 Surely\u00a0 it\u00a0 is\u00a0 not\u00a0 too\u00a0 much\u00a0 to\u00a0 ask\u00a0 or\u00a0 expect\u00a0 the\u00a0 same\u00a0 from\u00a0 our\u00a0 leaders\u00a0 to-day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As\u00a0 one\u00a0 who\u00a0 knew\u00a0 the\u00a0 late\u00a0 John\u00a0 Devoy\u00a0 intimately,\u00a0 l\u00a0 am\u00a0 prepared\u00a0 to\u00a0 help\u00a0 in every\u00a0 possible\u00a0 way\u00a0 in giving\u00a0 effect\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 above\u00a0 suggestion.<\/p>\n<p>FRANK\u00a0 ROBBINS\u00a0 (5\u00a0 Fairview\u00a0 Terr.,\u00a0 Dublin).<\/p>\n<p>Re-typed by Hannah Mustapha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRISH INDEPENDENT 10 April 1928 INTERMENT OF JOHN\u00a0 DEVOY \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To\u00a0 the\u00a0 Editor\u00a0 \u201c Irish\u00a0 Independent.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sir &#8212; 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