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GERRY ADAMS PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOE CAHILL FOLLOWING HIS DEATH IN BELFAST
TONIGHT
Published: 23 July, 2004
Irish republican Joe Cahill died in Belfast tonight after a short
illness. Joe was 84 years of age and was Vice President of Sinn Féin at
the time of his death. Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams paid tribute to
Joe and extended his sympathy and solidarity to Annie and the Cahill
family - Tom, Maria, Stephanie, Nuala, Aine, Patricia and Deirdre.
Mr. Adams said:
"Joe Cahill spent a life time in struggle. He was both a leader and a
servant of the republican cause. In the difficult years of the 1930s and
1940s he and his contemporaries stood against the partition of Ireland
and for Irish unity and he was imprisoned on many occasions for his
beliefs.
"He was an unapologetic physical force republican who fought when he
felt that was the only option but he also significantly stood for peace
and was a champion of the Sinn Féin peace strategy, traveling to the US
on many occasions on behalf of the party.
"In many ways Joe was the father of this generation of republicans and
he had the capacity to relate both to young people and his
contemporaries. His contribution to Irish republicanism will ensure that
he will be remembered for many generations to come.
"Joe Cahill will be deeply missed by all those who knew him. I measc
laochra na nGael a raibh sé."
ENDS
12:54am (UK)
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VETERAN IRISH REPUBLICAN JOE CAHILL DIES
Ian Graham
PA News
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3247571
Veteran Republican Joe Cahill died in hospital late last night, Sinn Fein
announced today.
The father figure of the modern Republican movement, Cahill had been jailed
on a number of occasions and was sentenced to death in the 1940s for the
murder of a policeman. The his sentence commuted to life imprisonment after
the intervention of the then Pope.
Cahill, 84, was an honorary life vice-president of Sinn Fein.
He died in Belfast where he had been a leading light in the IRA for many
decades, named by the army in the early 1970s as the IRA's chief of staff.
He was released from jail in the early 1950s after serving only part of his
life sentence, but was put back behind bars in 1973 for gun running.
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, paying tribute to Cahill said: "Joe Cahill
spent a lifetime in struggle. He was both a leader and a servant of the
Republican cause."
He said in the 1930s and 40s he was one of those who stood against the
partition of Ireland and for Irish unity, and was imprisoned on many
occasions for his beliefs.
Mr Adams added: "He was an unapologetic physical force republican who fought
when he felt that was the only option, but he also significantly stood for
peace and was a champion of the Sinn Fein peace strategy, travelling to the
US on many occasions on behalf of the party."
He said in many ways, Joe Cahill was "the father of this generation of
republicans" and would be deeply missed by all those who knew him.
Despite being a Catholic he worked for a period in the 1950s amongst the
overwhelmingly Protestant workforce in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in
East Belfast.
Last year he revealed that he was one of the former workers suing the
shipyard for contracting asbestosis.
His funeral, expected to be early next week, will be one of the biggest
republican gatherings for many years.
**Posted by Stasi
GERRY ADAMS PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOE CAHILL FOLLOWING HIS DEATH IN BELFAST
TONIGHT
Published: 23 July, 2004
Irish republican Joe Cahill died in Belfast tonight after a short
illness. Joe was 84 years of age and was Vice President of Sinn Féin at
the time of his death. Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams paid tribute to
Joe and extended his sympathy and solidarity to Annie and the Cahill
family - Tom, Maria, Stephanie, Nuala, Aine, Patricia and Deirdre.
Mr. Adams said:
"Joe Cahill spent a life time in struggle. He was both a leader and a
servant of the republican cause. In the difficult years of the 1930s and
1940s he and his contemporaries stood against the partition of Ireland
and for Irish unity and he was imprisoned on many occasions for his
beliefs.
"He was an unapologetic physical force republican who fought when he
felt that was the only option but he also significantly stood for peace
and was a champion of the Sinn Féin peace strategy, traveling to the US
on many occasions on behalf of the party.
"In many ways Joe was the father of this generation of republicans and
he had the capacity to relate both to young people and his
contemporaries. His contribution to Irish republicanism will ensure that
he will be remembered for many generations to come.
"Joe Cahill will be deeply missed by all those who knew him. I measc
laochra na nGael a raibh sé."
ENDS
12:54am (UK)
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VETERAN IRISH REPUBLICAN JOE CAHILL DIES
Ian Graham
PA News
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3247571
Veteran Republican Joe Cahill died in hospital late last night, Sinn Fein
announced today.
The father figure of the modern Republican movement, Cahill had been jailed
on a number of occasions and was sentenced to death in the 1940s for the
murder of a policeman. The his sentence commuted to life imprisonment after
the intervention of the then Pope.
Cahill, 84, was an honorary life vice-president of Sinn Fein.
He died in Belfast where he had been a leading light in the IRA for many
decades, named by the army in the early 1970s as the IRA's chief of staff.
He was released from jail in the early 1950s after serving only part of his
life sentence, but was put back behind bars in 1973 for gun running.
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, paying tribute to Cahill said: "Joe Cahill
spent a lifetime in struggle. He was both a leader and a servant of the
Republican cause."
He said in the 1930s and 40s he was one of those who stood against the
partition of Ireland and for Irish unity, and was imprisoned on many
occasions for his beliefs.
Mr Adams added: "He was an unapologetic physical force republican who fought
when he felt that was the only option, but he also significantly stood for
peace and was a champion of the Sinn Fein peace strategy, travelling to the
US on many occasions on behalf of the party."
He said in many ways, Joe Cahill was "the father of this generation of
republicans" and would be deeply missed by all those who knew him.
Despite being a Catholic he worked for a period in the 1950s amongst the
overwhelmingly Protestant workforce in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in
East Belfast.
Last year he revealed that he was one of the former workers suing the
shipyard for contracting asbestosis.
His funeral, expected to be early next week, will be one of the biggest
republican gatherings for many years.
