Bodenstown and the re-alignment of Irish politics

Traditionally the third Sunday of June is when Irish republicans from across the island of Ireland gather at the graveside of Wolfe Tone in Bodenstown. Such annual commemorations have been taking place for almost 150 years.Tone’s central thesis has remained a cornerstone of Irish Republican philosophy to this day. He wrote:“... to break the connection with England, the never, failing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country – these were my objects. To un...