Human Rights Organization for Justice, Unity, Peace, and Solidarity
Sean Mc Manus testifying at a Congressional Hearing in 1995.
Fr. McManus’ Partitioned Parish and
Partitioned Country
The British government’s 1920 Government of Ireland Act (the “PartitionAct”) not only divided Fr. McManus’ country. It also divided his historicparish of Kinawley—an area that has had an ecclesial presence since the SixthCentury. Part of the parish is now in the artificially created Northern Ireland,in County Fermanagh. The other part is in Swanlinbar, County Cavan, inwhat later became the Irish Republic. The red line in the graphic is England’sdamn Border.Fr. McManus was born three miles from the actual small village of Kinawley,in County Fermanagh, in the townland of Clonliff— part of the parish on theshores of Lough Erne and the banks of the River Cladagh.So, England’s partition of Ireland was never just academic or theoretical toFr. McManus. It was and is, instead, a deep scar and a deep wound on theface of Ireland—with all the subsequent injustice, discrimination, andsuffering of The Troubles. (Even though much progress has been made sincethe Good Friday Agreement, which Fr. McManus strongly supports).One of the current initiatives of the Irish National Caucus is the InternetPetition, explained below. This Petition gives the worldwide Irish anopportunity to show their opposition to the Partition of Ireland, and theirdesire for solidarity, unity, reconciliation, equality, justice, and peace on thewhole island of Ireland.
IRISH PETITION — IRELAND ONE NATION
“Ireland, too, has the right to be One Nation under God,indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
This Petition is entrusted to you—as it is to me— as a sacred trust. We must getmany thousands to sign it—it’s the least any concerned person can do. It is free,just click and sign— https://www.change.org/IrelandOneNation
It is our honor, privilege, and duty to play our part in helping to create a new,shared, Ireland— in the unity and solidarity of The Beloved Community, withliberty and justice for all.
Our Petition—although inspired by, and based on, the famous American Pledge of Allegiance—is universal in its appeal and intention, evoking what is best in the human heart regarding the fundamental issue of justice and peace. This Petition is consistent with the Good Friday Agreement. Furthermore, national selfdetermination is a fundamental American principle and is the right of every Nation. The Petition is, also, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s teaching on The Beloved Community and by Saint Pope John Paul II’s teaching that “peace is the fruit of solidarity.”
I ask the Irish-Worldwide —and all people of goodwill— to embrace this Petition in their hearts, prayers, and action. And, of course, you do not have to be Irish to sign. We welcome all supporters of international human rights and national self-determination.
Let us help to build up The Beloved Community in the unity of a new, shared,Ireland, for peace is the fruit of solidarity.If you want to read background information on the Irish issue and the work of the Irish National Caucus, a new edition of Fr. McManus’ Memoirs has recently been published: My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland [Third U.S. Edition 2019]. Available at IrishNationalCaucus.org and on Amazon. See what others are saying about this book by clicking or pasting in your browser this link— https://1118632.wcomhost.com/buy-the-books/
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His life-long struggle for justice in Northern Ireland.
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