With Ireland prosperous and the historical adversaries of Northern Ireland tentatively embracing peace, it would be easy to forget Ireland's great heroes. They won't.

INA also selects Frances Duffy as this year's recipient of the Joe Cahill Award.

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Led by pipers playing patriotic tunes they marched to McGarrity's grave, where they laid wreaths, and vowed to continue the struggle. Their goal is the same as McGarrity's: nothing less than a nation once again.

The Philadelphia Clan-na-Gael joined with supporters from Irish Northern Aid to remember Joe McGarrity and other Irish patriots.