Film Number |
7744 |
Title |
MANCHESTER MARTYRS MARCH - END OF RALLY |
Producer |
WFA |
Date |
1989 |
Gauge |
U-matic LB |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
13 mins 03 secs |
Description |
Film of the rally at St Brendans Hall, Old Trafford following the annual Manchester Martyrs march to commemorate the execution in Salford Gaol of William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien in 1867. In the course of freeing fellow Fenians from a police van a policeman was killed. Following a number of speakers, a representative of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) speaks. The Brendan Convery Flute Band play a final piece and the meeting disbands. |
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