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Wreath laying ceremony to commemorate centenary of executions at Drumboe

 

Drumboe Centenary

 

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD will attend a formal wreath laying ceremony organised by Donegal County Council to commemorate the execution of 4 men –Charlie Daly, Daniel Enright, Timothy O’Sullivan and Séan Larkin at Drumboe Castle, Stranorlar on the 14th March 1923. The ceremony will take place in Stranorlar at 2pm on Sunday 5th March in the Coillte car park opposite the field in which the original Drumboe memorial is situated.

 

The events leading up to the arrest and the subsequent execution of these 4 men during the Civil War had a profound effect on communities in Donegal and elsewhere and has continued to live on in memory. This formal wreath laying ceremony will acknowledge this event with sensitivity and respect.

 

For further information please contact Donegal County Museum, High Road, Letterkenny; 0749124613, [email protected]

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