By Dan Walsh at Enniscorthy
1798 remembrance at Market Square, Enniscorthy.
Two wreaths from Wexford Remembers 1798 Group and the Connolly Youth Movement were laid at the Father Murphy and the Croppy Boy memorial in Market Square, Enniscorthy, today, (Sunday) as part of the 225th 1798 Rebellion commemorations taking place across County Wexford.
Chairman, Gary O'Brien from Wexford, gave a brief account of the memorial which has stood in this spot for 115 years, two wreaths were laid, the flags were ceremoniously lowered, and the event concluded with Amhrán na bFiann.
Speaking to WexfordLocal.com, Mr O'Brien said the group was formed as Wexford Remembers 1916 and then it was decided to mark the events of 1798 and today's events in Enniscorthy are the first under the Wexford Remembers 1798 banner and he was pleased at the turnout.
Earlier Owen Dunbar led a tour of Vinegar Hill and archaeologist Byron Jones, gave a detailed explanation of the 2017 survey and dig of the battlefield site. A poetry reading and the playing of a lament by an uilleann piper closed off the Vinegar Hill element of the day.
Events concluded at the IFA Centre on Mill Park Road, where Dr Kerron Ó Luain, the author of 'Rathcoole and the United Irish Rebellions, 1798 - 1803', will gave a public talk on the 1798 Rebellion.
