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seachranaidhe · 7 years ago

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This Celtic Cross stands in a graveyard in Perth, Australia dedicated to the Irish Republican Brotherhood

“He whispered goodbye to his comrades so dear, His head upon his knapsack gently lay. If you ever see my home, tell my mother I’m alone, and i’m buried in an Irish rebel’s grave.” The second largest Irish National monument in Australia is found in of all places Gympie, a regional country town north west of Brisbane. The towering celtic cross, adorned with the harp, wolfhound and round tower was…

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#"fill us once more #"He whispered goodbye to his comrades so dear #a regional country town north west of Brisbane #A school was later built on top of the graves that hadn&039;t been moved #adorned with the harp #and i&039;m buried in an Irish rebel&039;s grave"#And though they sleep in dungeons deep #At least 19 never managed to leave Australia&039;s &039;fatal shore&039; and their remains lay throughout the country #Australia dedicated to the Irish Republican Brotherhood #Carlton #Cornelius Dwyer Kane (died 28/10/1891) buried somewhere in an unmarked grave in Limestown on the old Palmers gold fields of north Queensland #Cornelius O&039;Mahoney (died 06/03/1879) buried in Melbourne&039;s Central Cemetery Carlton #Daniel Bradley Bartholomew Moriarty Patrick Wall James Flood Michael Cody Michael Cody remains the greatest mystery #Fremantle #Here is a list of those Australian Fenian Graves:#his date of death and final resting place are unknown but he had lived in Sydney and according John Devoy he was the local head of the Irish #His head upon his knapsack gently lay #Hugh Brophy (died 11/06/1919) buried alongside Cornelius O&039;Mahoney in Melbourne&039;s Central Cemetery #If you ever see my home #James Kearney (died 23/05/1923) buried Nannup Cemetery #James Kiely (died 31/10/1918) buried Karrakatta Cemetery #John Donoghue (died 28/02/1901) buried Jarrahdale Cemetery #John Flood (died 22/08/1909) buried Gympie Cemetery #John Goulding (died 02/09/1883) buried in Gerringong Cemetery on New South Wales&039; south coast #John Lynch (01/11/1906) buried in Williams Old Cemetery #Joseph Nunan (died 18/05/1885) buried in East Perth Cemetery #Luke Fullam (died 24/02/1870) & his brother Laurence (died (1871) are both buried somewhere in what was the old Skinner Street Cemetery #many like John Boyle O&039;Reilly escaped or were given free passage to America #no nation upon earth can boast of braver hearts than they #Not all of the other Fenians returned to Ireland

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