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category national | rights, freedoms and repression | press release author Thursday September 15, 2011 18:27author by Richard Behal - Last of the Volunteers

Ashes of former IRA Chief of Staff Sean Cronin to be scattered on Saturday in Kerry

Following his death in New York in march 2011, Sean Cronin's ashes are to be scattered in his native BALLINSKELLIGS on Saturday 17th September - following Mass at 11am in local DUNGEAGAN church.

Reception afterwards, 2pm in nearby WATERVILLE Lake Hotel

As well as serving in the southern Irish state Defence Forces, and as IRA Chief of Staff in the 1950s, Cronin was also Irish Times US Correspondent from the1960 until his retirement, initially under the great Irish Times (and its last Protestant) Editor, Douglas Gageby
SEAN CRONIN - former IRA Chief of Staff, Irish Times US Correspondent - ashes scattered Kerry, Sat 17 September 2011
SEAN CRONIN - former IRA Chief of Staff, Irish Times US Correspondent - ashes scattered Kerry, Sat 17 September 2011

More details in Press Release - click on graphic to read it

Confirmation: Richard Behal, 087 4100691, 064 6632723

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100519

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