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Meg Connery: liquid revealed at her grave in Knocán Jaróm.
Meg Connery: leacht nochtaithe ag a huaigh i gCnócán Iaróm.
She lived poor at the end of her life.
Bhí sí beo bocht ag deireadh a saoil.
She had no children and her brothers and sisters left for America.
Ní raibh leanaí aici agus d’imigh a deartháireacha agus deirfiúracha go Meirceá.
Meg and her husband, Con, were buried in a grave without liquid in Cnoncán Iaróm Cemetery in Crois Araild in the fifties.
Cuireadh Meg agus a fear céile, Con, in uaigh gan leacht i Reilg Chnoncán Iaróm i gCrois Araild sna caogaidí.
But today, her name was up again.
Ach inniu, bhí a hainm in airde arís.
Her cousins and cousins came together from Meerceá in Knoncán Jaróm to reveal a liquid at her grave.
Tháinig a garneachtanna agus garnianna tagtha le chéile ó Mheirceá i gCnoncán Iaróm chun leacht a nochtadh ag a huaigh.
The money was collected by the Meg Connery Memorial Committee, which has been working for several years to draw attention to the important work she did.
Bhí an t-airgead bailithe ag Coiste Cuimhneacháin Meg Connery, atá tar éis a bheith i mbun oibre le roinnt blianta anuas chun aird a tharraingt ar an obair thábhachtach a rinne sí.
“She was a brave and courageous woman”, Micheál Casey from the Memorial Committee told us today.
“Bean chróga mhisniúil a bhí inti”, a dúirt Micheál Casey ón gCoiste Cuimhneacháin linn inniu.
“She was tiny.
“Bhí sí beag bídeach.
But she stood strong.
Ach sheas sí an fód go láidir.
She went on hunger strike twice.
Chuaigh sí ar stailc ocrais faoi dhó.
She spent many periods in prison.
Chaith sí go leor tréimhsí sa phríosún.
Reports from that period show that her nose was broken while in prison.”
Léiríonn tuairiscí ón tréimhse sin gur briseadh a srón agus í istigh sa phríosún.”
Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, granddaughter of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, was present at the event today.
Bhí Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, gariníon le Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, i láthair ag an ócáid inniu.
Together with Meg Connery, Lisa Schneckenburger, composed a song specially to commemorate the occasion.
Chum garneacht le Meg Connery, Lisa Schneckenburger, amhrán go speisialta chun comóradh a dhéanamh ar an ócáid.