Councillor hits out at colleagues’ stance on naming bridge in Enniscrone
A Sligo Sinn Fein councillor says he is disappointed that a majority of his council colleagues have now voted twice against naming a bridge in Enniscrone after an IRA volunteer who died 100 years ago. Thomas Howley was aged 18 when he was shot in Ballina on May 26th 1921,…
Sligo councillors reject proposal to name Enniscrone bridge after IRA man shot 100 years ago
Sligo county councillors have rejected a proposal to name a bridge in the seaside resort town of Enniscrone after a young IRA volunteer who died from his injuries after having been shot 100 years ago this month. The decision followed a passionate debate for a second time at a meeting…
Proposal to name bridge in Enniscrone after Vol. Thomas Howley
There are calls for another bridge in County Sligo to be named after an IRA volunteer who died during the troubled early years of the Irish state. At a meeting of Sligo County Council, Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy called for the bridge over the Bellawady River, at Lower Main…