About 800 people gathered at the Irish Memorial at the Waverley Cemetery in Sydney's eastern suburbs on March 27 over two events to commemorate the centenary of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising against British rule.
The first commemoration was organised by the James Connolly Association (JCA) and the second by the Irish National Association (INA), which maintains the cemetery's famous memorial to martyrs of Ireland's freedom struggle.
About 800 people gathered at the Irish Memorial at the Waverley Cemetery in Sydney's eastern suburbs on March 27 over two events to commemorate the centenary of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising against British rule.
The first commemoration was organised by the James Connolly Association (JCA) and the second by the Irish National Association (INA), which maintains the cemetery's famous memorial to martyrs of Ireland's freedom struggle.
Aboriginal activist and Socialist Alliance NSW Senate candidate Ken Canning (pictured) spoke at the event. He pointed out that Aboriginal and Irish people have a shared history of colonisation, genocide, repression and resistance. Sinn Fein MP from Belfast, Paul Maskey, spoke at the INA event on the ongoing fight for Irish freedom.
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