Showing posts with label Funeral oration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Funeral oration. Show all posts
The graveside oration delivered by Davy Glennon for former blanketman, Volunteer John Cassidy, who died last week. John Cassidy along with Davy Glennon were co- founders of Ex POP - (Ex prisoners Outreach Project).
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.