Overlooking Helvic
Harbour in Ring, County Waterford stands the monument commemorating the
landing of American Fenians on board the brigantine ERIN'S HOPE.
The landing was
intended to support the abortive 1867 Rising.
The
monument was unveiled in 1955 by Cathleen Clarke wife of Tom Clarke one
of the executed veterans of the Easter Rising. A full account of the landing
can be found on the
Dungarvan
Museum web site.
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