Remembering Cathleen O'Neill, who beat down a path for other women
“A force bigger than life itself,” said a eulogy by O’Neill’s friend Carmel Jennings. “Working-class warrior,” said Rita Fagan, another friend of O’Neill’s.
At one temporary centre in Clondalkin, parents have been pressing for months for spaces for their kids to play and study.
This first evening of reminiscences was a prelude to an effort to clean up the river by 2027.
West Dublin communities are giving the main event a miss, in favour of their own home-grown parades – without a reviewing stand in sight.