SENATOR MARK DALY
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LARGEST BRIDGE IN THE STATE RENAMED IN HONOR OF THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER

The largest bridge in Ireland,  at the time, which spans the river Suir outside Waterford and was opened in 2009, was named the Thomas Francis Meagher Bridge, in honour of the man who played a key role in the 1848 rebellion before being transported abroad.

President Higgins made a speech at an event for the naming of the bridge (full version available here) on why characters of Irish History such as Meagher should be remembered:
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“Today, through the naming of the “Thomas Francis Meagher Bridge”, we are inscribing the Revolutionary nationalism of the Young Irelanders as a further layer in the local memorial landscape. Few Irish patriots have appealed so warmly to the popular imagination in their own time as has Thomas Francis Meagher in the mid-19th century.

Eloquent, generous, passionate, courageous and handsome; in turn orator, journalist, lawyer, revolutionary, convict, soldier in the American civil war and Acting Governor of Montana – there is a picturesque, almost literary, quality to Meagher’s personality and life, which continues to capture our imagination.

In so many ways, Thomas Meagher is characteristic of that generation of 1848, who, throughout Europe, from the Polish lands of the Austrian Empire’s Eastern frontier to Italy, from Denmark to France and Italy, fought against tyranny, to vindicate liberty and the self-determination of oppressed peoples.”


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  • Shared Ireland
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    • Research Reports >
      • Uniting Ireland, Brexit & the Future of Ireland
      • Unionist Concerns & Fears
      • Income & Expenditure in Reunification Scenario
      • The Calling of a Referendum on a United Ireland
      • Northern Ireland Hard Border & Risk to Youth
      • Submissions to the National Risk Assessment 2019
  • Decade of Commemorations
    • Washington Monument Plaque
    • Smithsonian Museum GPO 1916 Centenary
    • Gardens of Remembrance & Reflection
    • Seanad Public Consultation on National Anthem
    • Seanad 100 >
      • Seanad 100 Exhibit
      • Women in the Seanad
      • Northern Voices Exhibit
      • Notable Speakers
      • Seanad Supplement In Independent
      • Interview with Eolas Magazine
    • T.F. Meagher Foundation >
      • Over 4,000 students receive National Flag
      • Bridge renamed for TF Meagher
      • Irish Flag can now be flown at night
  • Diaspora
    • First Policy on Irish Overseas & Diaspora
    • 1916 Rising Ceremony on Capitol Hill DC
    • Certificate of Irish Heritage taken to White House
  • Kerry
    • Kenmare Hospital
    • Kenmare Peninsula Park
    • Red Tape Report
  • Irish Sign Language Rights
    • Irish Sign Langauge Law
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