By Dan Walsh on Vinegar Hill
The 227th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion was commemorated on Vinegar Hill last evening with the annual Longest Day Commemoration ceremony.
Cathaoirleach of Enniscorthy Municipal District Council Cllr Aidan Browne paid tribute to the ideals of the men of 1798 and laid a wreath (with Emily Murphy) on the commemoration plinth on Vinegar Hill.
The attendance included Deputy Johnny Mythen, Senator Cathal Byrne and Cllrs Pat Kehoe, Trish Byrne, Jackser Owens and John O’Rourke.
The Reverend Canon Nicola Halford and Rev. Billy Caulfield shared a prayer service.
The Ballindaggin Pipe Band led a parade of re-enactors onto Vinegar Hill and Jacqui Hynes (joint editor of ‘Vinegar Hill.. The Last Stand of the Wexford Rebels of 1798,” delivered an historical address.
Historian Bernard Browne, in the absence of Cllr Barbara-Anne Murphy, acted as master of ceremonies.
Pikemen Niall Wall, Seamus Murphy, Noel Armstrong and Tim Corrigan sang ‘Boolavogue’ and the event concluded with the Ballindaggin Pipe Band playing Amhrán na bhFiann.
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