Pat Cannon Commemoration, Dublin, Wed 15th July 2015.

dublin | history and heritage | event notice Monday July 06, 2015 20:16 by Sharon. - Individual.

39th Anniversary : Pat Cannon commemoration, Dublin, 15-7-15.

From Sutton, Dublin, Patrick Cannon was a 20 year old IRA man killed in a premature bomb explosion while travelling in a car, with 24 year old Peter McElchar , in Castlederg, County Tyrone, on 17th July 1976.

Pat Cannon and Peter McElchar - a commemoration will be held in Dublin on Wednesday 15th July 2015, at 6.30pm.

Hi!
Two IRA Volunteers on active service – Patrick Cannon from Dublin and Peter McElchar from Donegal - set out in a car in which they were transporting an explosive device. They crossed the border from Donegal into Tyrone and were approaching the town of Castlederg when the device exploded prematurely. Peter McElchar was killed instantly. Patrick Cannon was gravely injured and was taken to Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh. He was being transferred to hospital in Belfast when he died….

These two men will be commemorated by Republican Sinn Féin on Wednesday, 15th July 2015, in the (old) Balgriffin Cemetery near the Malahide Road (those travelling by bus from Dublin should get the number 42 from Talbot Street and get off at Campions Pub on the Malahide Road) . The assembly point for the commemoration is the main gates at 6.30pm.

Thanks,
Sharon.