Today marks the 100 year anniversary of the Canada Cross shootings in Miltown Malbay.
On this day in 1920, British soldiers and police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed civilians in the West Clare town, who were celebrating the release of IRA hunger strikers from Kilmainham Gaol.
Three men were killed – Patrick Hennessy, Thomas O’Leary and John O’Loughlin – while 12 others were injured.
Patrick’s grandson Michael Hennessy says today’s landmark anniversary is about remembering those whose lives were lost, as well as the families they left behind.
