Army at Kilconly 1916 ceremony where 100-year-old Jim will hoist the Tricolour

THE Army will be represented by an officer who will read the Proclamation at Kilconly’s ceremony this Sunday afternoon to commemorate all from North Galway and South Mayo who took part in the War of Independence.
100-year-old Jim Burke-Daly, born in Ironpool, Kilconly three months before the Easter Rising, will raise the national flag and may be the only man born in 1916 to do so at any Irish Rebellion ceremony anywhere in 2016.
The ceremony will start at 3.30 pm with Mass in Kilconly Community Centre followed by the unveiling of a Limestone Celtic Cross 'An Claidheamh Soluis’ by retired MEP Mark Killilea.