Date:
16/07/2016
REF:
NIPC/OKA/BOX1(20)
Scope and Content:
Programme for a charity fundraising Gaelic football match between Tyrone (Senior All Ireland Champions, 2003) and Greencastle (Junior All Ireland Champions, 2007) in aid of
Save Our Sperrins campaign opposing plans for a gold mine in the Sperrins area. Contains an introduction from Cormac McAleer, Chairperson of
Save our Sperrins; messages of support from Tyrone players and environmental groups including
Friends of the Earth, and
Stop the Drill Campaign; diagram of player positions; information about the 2007 All Ireland Club Champions; Greencastle's Historic Connection with 'The Flight of the Earls'; An Troid Atá Romhainn verses; and an essay about the Sperrins landscape.
Collection:
Northern Ireland Political Collection,
Fidelma O'Kane,
Copyright Holder:
Save Our Sperrins
Persons:
O'Kane, Fidelma
Keywords:
Environment, Environmentalism, Rural, Activism, Campaign, Protest
