Fallen Comrades of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement
June 5th -6th
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John Morris
Volunteer - Irish National Liberation Army
Killed in Action on 5 June 1997
John Morris, aged 26, from Sundale Close, Tallaght, County Dublin, died in hospital a day after being shot by Irish police during an INLA expropriation in Goldenbridge Industrial Estate, Inchicore, County Dublin.
The gun he used was unloaded and he offered to surrender when the police arrived. Despite early press reports to the contrary, it was later clarified at an inquest that he had been shot seven times in the back and in the head.
He was a recruitment officer for the INLA in South Dublin as well as a prominent anti-drugs activist in Tallaght. The INLA identified him as a member on active duty at the time he was killed. Three other INLA members who were with him during the expropriation were jailed by the Special Criminal Court on 11 March 1998.
He was buried in Dublin's Bohernabreena Cemetery with paramilitary honours from a twelve man INLA colour party, and there was a large police presence.
His family announced in May 2003 that they would sue the Irishgovernment for wrongful death. In March 2004, the Irish High Court ruled against his family's attempt to challenge the coroner'sdecision not to release statements and other material relating tothe investigation before the inquest.
A memorial to Morris was unveiled above his grave in Bohernabreena Cemetery on 13 June 2004.
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Brendan McNamee
Brendan McNamee
Member - Irish Republican Socialist Party Staff Officer -
Irish National Liberation Army
Assassinated on 6 June 1975
Brendan McNamee, aged 22, was assassinated by the Official Irish Republican Army on the Stewartstown Road in West Belfast during a period when the increasingly counter-revolutiona ry OIRA was trying to smash the recently formed IRSM.
From West Belfast and a former member of the Provisional IRA, hejoined the IRSP and the INLA when they were formed in December 1974.
A memorial to McNamee and another comrade was unveiled in theAndersonstown area of West Belfast on 22 June 2003.
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They died as they lived: as Republican Socialists. Remember them with honour and pride.
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