Nine years later, letter to the mother of one of the greatest heroes of the Rising and and War of Independence and Civil War: she can't have a pension – because she'd got the Old Age Pension and was now a plutocrat getting 17/6 (about two-thirds of £1) a week
#LiamMellows #StateCruelty

Our government writes to the mother of Liam Mellows. #FiannaFail was then in power
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Ag cuimhneamh ar Liam Ó Maoilíosa, remembering Liam Mellows, executed 100 years ago today (25 May 1892 – 8 December 1922) #liammellows #ireland #galway #monument