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William Finnerty
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The excerpt in the section below is from an e-mail sent today (April 20th 2014) to a group of Republican Senators:

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 UPDATE #5 (Easter Sunday, April 20th 2014): 

  The Execution on May 12th 1916 of James Connolly, who was one of the Principal Irish Republican Leaders of "The Easter Rising of 1916" in Dublin ...  

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On 12 May 1916 he (James Connolly) was transported by military ambulance to Kilmainham Gaol , carried to a prison courtyard on a stretcher, tied to a chair and shot. His body (along with those of the other rebels) was put in a mass grave without a coffin. The executions of the rebels deeply angered the majority of the Irish population, most of whom had shown no support during the rebellion ."   (This excerpt has come from: http:// en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Connolly )

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The full text of the e-mail sent today (April 20th 2014) to the Republic of Ireland Senators can be viewed at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/ 24thSeanadMembers /20April2014/Email.htm
 
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William Finnerty is back living in the Republic of Ireland at the present time, which is where he was born and where he grew up. His father was Irish (County Galway), and his mother American (New York City). He has worked mostly in the (more...)
 
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