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Station event to commemorate Michael O'Hanrahan

When

Saturday, July 9, 2016, 11:00

Where

Wexford

Tickets

No booking required

A special event will be hosted to remember Michael O'Hanrahan, after whom Wexford Station was renamed in 1966.

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The event will take place at O'Hanrahan station on Saturday 9 July at 11am as part of Iarnród Éireann's 1916 commemoration programme, in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy, OPW and Ireland 2016.

The event will be addressed by the Mayor of Wexford and Carmel Doyle, journalist.

Light refreshments will be served. All welcome.

Michael O'Hanrahan features in our recent publication 1916 Portraits and Lives, edited by James Quinn and Lawrence White, and illustrated by David Rooney.

Future station events:

  • 16 July - Daly Station, Bray
  • 23 July - MacDiarmada Station, Sligo
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