Talks & Lectures · Friday 31 July · 3pm
Frank Stagg - A Heroic Leader
St. Mary's University College · St. Mary's University College Belfast, Falls Road
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Frank Stagg - A Heroic Leader. Photograph: the promoter
Fifty years ago, 34-year-old Frank Stagg died on hunger strike on 12 February 1976 after 62 days in Wakefield Prison. He was from Hollymount in County Mayo. Frank’s brother George will speak with Mayo Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway Walsh about Frank’s young life and the harrowing and heroic times he lived through.
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FRANK STAGG – SCOTHCHEANN AIRE COLÁISTE OLLSCOILE NAOMH MUIRE, BÓTHAR NA BHFÁL
Caoga bliain ó shin, fuair Frank Stagg, a bhí 34 bliain d’aois, bás ar 12 Feabhra 1976 agus é ar stailc ocrais i ndiaidh dó 62 lá a chaitheamh i bpríosún Wakefield. Ba as Maolla i gContae Mhaigh Eo é. Labharfaidh deartháir Frank, George, le TD Mhaigh Eo Shinn Féin, Rose Conway Walsh, faoi shaol óg Frank agus faoina shaol léanmhar agus éachtach.
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