The 22nd of May 2015, a pretty great day to be at home in Ireland and hopefully a majorly significant one. With positivity and togetherness sweeping the country like a flood and with an invading force of emigrants returning home to make this country a better more inclusive place, it's difficult to believe that Ireland has taken so long to make this decision, that it was even a decision.
But today in Fairview in Dublin's North Inner City, there is a stark reminder of what it was like, and in a sense how far we have come. Declan Flynn was killed in Fairview Park in 1983, for the crime of being gay. That incident provoked outrage and a movement here in Ireland and that is not being forgotten today.
Tributes being left in Fairview Park today to remember Declan Flynn, whose brutal murder (and the subsequent shockingly...
Posted by Panti Bliss / Pantibar on Friday, 22 May 2015
Remembering Declan Flynn who lost his life to homophobia 1982 #MarRef @yesequalitydbn pic.twitter.com/vHyDhhn6vx
— Normanly Patricia (@Sligodub) May 22, 2015
I voted yes today For @petergmaxwell who I WILL marry on dec28th. David Norris who fought when no one else would listen and Declan Flynn RIP
— buzz o neill (@buzzoneill) May 22, 2015
We call for a YES to marriage equality. For Declan Flynn, murdered in Fairview Park, for our families, for migrants & Northern Ireland.
— DCTU (@DCTU_tweets) May 22, 2015
Passed Fairview Park this morning. Declan Flynn came to mind & the other LGBT who couldn't see a day like today and are not with us #voteyes
— Pope VOTE YES (@efferal) May 22, 2015
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