| Information on photograph |
Memorial ID No.: |
1216 |
Memorial Title: |
Hunger Strike Rosary Plaque (Cullyhanna) |
Photo Series No.: |
M1216P2/2 (Monument 1216 Photograph 2 of 2) |
Photo Description: |
A close-up view of the memorial plaque. |
Inscription(s): |
Greater love no man hath than to lay down his life for his comrades | | During the hunger-strike of 1981, in which ten men died, | The Holy Rosary was recited here, daily, by the community | of Cullyhanna, to highlight the suffering of all the | women & men in Armagh Goal and Long Kesh, described by the late Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, | a native of Cullyhanna, as being | "worse than the sewers of Calcutta." | Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a n-anam. | Unveiled on the 8th July 2001 | by former hunger-striker, Paddy Quinn. |
Commemorating: |
Plaque marks the site where the Rosary was said in the village of Cullyhanna during the period of the 1981 Hunger Strike.
~deaths |
Location Address: |
Skerriff Road, Cullyhanna,
County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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Location Guide: |
At the junction of Skerriff Road, Freeduff Road, and Slatequarry Road. |
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Photographer: |
Martin Melaugh |
Date Taken: |
06 March 2009 |
Technical Details: |
Canon EOS D5 camera; EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens; |
Filename: |
CLH09MEM_HS-Rosary-Plaque_5199.JPG |
Image Format: |
Landscape |
File Formats : |
Canon Raw File (.CR2); TIFF; JPEG |
Copyright: |
~copyright A
copy of the above image(s) may be downloaded for private study or personal
use. Anyone requiring a copy for commercial use, or use at a web site, should contact CAIN
for further information. |
Note: |
Higher (and larger) resolution version available on request - contact CAIN for details. Full camera settings embedded in Canon Raw File and TIFF image. |
