Sean Bresnahan with an oration delivered at the burial place of IRA volunteer, Brendan Seery.
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Pat McNamee with the oration he delivered yesterday at the graveside of Jim McAllister who died this week.
Tá fáilte romhaibh uilig anseo inniú chuig cuireadh Jim McAllister. Sílim ghfuil sé oiriúnach cur tús leis mo chuid cáinte as Gaeilge. Ba ghaeilgeoir Jim comh maith le gach rud éile.
Most of you will have known Jim McAllister as an Irish republican and political spokesperson from South Armagh. It is appropriate for me to use a few words of Irish as Jim was a Gaeilgeoir and loved his language and his culture as well as his country.
It is a difficult task for me to speak about such a great man. Jim wasn’t a big man in stature but he was a great man in heart and mind. As well as being a gaeilgeoir and a politician he was a father and a husband, he was a craftsman with many skills. He was self educated in Irish History and politics and he was well read in the folklore and legend of Ulster and Ireland. Indeed Jim might say that it can be hard to distinguish nowadays between the history and the folklore or more recent times. Jim was also a songwriter and a poet. One of the best things of all about Jim was that he could tell a great yarn, he had humour and wit and he was mighty crack to be with. I am proud to speak about Jim today for his family Turlough, Aoibhínn and Brendan.
Tá fáilte romhaibh uilig anseo inniú chuig cuireadh Jim McAllister. Sílim ghfuil sé oiriúnach cur tús leis mo chuid cáinte as Gaeilge. Ba ghaeilgeoir Jim comh maith le gach rud éile.
Most of you will have known Jim McAllister as an Irish republican and political spokesperson from South Armagh. It is appropriate for me to use a few words of Irish as Jim was a Gaeilgeoir and loved his language and his culture as well as his country.
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