Arthur Griffith’s Centenary At Griffith College

Griffth College Commemoration

Pictured at Griffith College, South Circular Road raising the flag at a commemoration event to mark the centenary of Arthur Griffith’s death is the grandson of Arthur Griffith’ Shane Gray with his son Breffni and his children Fionn, Naoise and Oisin. In 1991, Griffith College, then known as Business and Accounting Training, purchased the Griffith Barracks site (now the GCD campus). Tanaiste Leo Varadkar was also in attendance.

Griffth College Commemoration 2
Pictured at Griffith College, South Circular Road rising the flag at a commemoration event to mark the centenary of Arthur Griffith’s death was Tánaiste Leo Varadkar with the great grandson of Arthur Griffith’ Breffni Gray with his son Oisin.

At that time, Professor Diarmuid Hegarty approached and received the consent of Ita Gray, the only surviving child of Arthur Griffith, to rename the institution Griffith College. The directors of Griffith College want to acknowledge Griffith’s singular contribution to Irish Independence.


Picture Conor McCabe Photography.

Picture of Sarah Brooks

Sarah Brooks

Sarah has worked in marketing and content creation for many years. In her role at Newsgroup, she is the online editor of www.newsgroup.ie with a particular interest in local news and events. Sarah also works closely with our editorial team on our printed editions in Tallaght, Lucan, Clondalkin and Rathcoole/Saggart. If you have a story and would like to make contact please email Sarah at info@newsgroup.ie.

Share:

Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
LinkedIn

Related News