GOD SAVE IRELAND - THE FINNS

We love the song and proud to be Irish and Laois men alike. Enjoy this great patriotic Irish song, 'God Save Ireland'!
The Finns

We visited the location of where the first shots of the 1916 Rebellion were fired. There I s plaque close to the location and on it it reads:

FIRST SHOT IN 1916 RISING
On Easter Sunday night, 23rd April, 1916, acting under
the direct orders of Patrick Pearse, the Laois Volunteers
participated in the demolition of a section of the Abbeyleix-
Portlaoise railway line at a location near here.
The purpose of this exercise was to prevent British
military reinforcements from reaching Dublin via Waterford
after the Rising had started. This demolition was followed by
the firing of the first shot of the 1916 Rising.