Louise Hogan at home in Leighlinbridge Co Carlow holds a photo of The Tipperary Team on Bloody Sunday which includes Mick Hogan. Former Irish Independent journalist Louise Hogan, a grand-niece of Michael Hogan, came across the letters in a cardboard box when she was clearing out an old chest at the family homestead in Grangemockler, Co Tipperary, this summer. His memory is immortalised as the Hogan Stand at Croke Park – named in his honour a day after his brutal murder. Ms Hogan said the letters are not just historic but left a personal imprint on her family. “I just thought they were very eloquent and brought to life the great loss experienced by the family,” she told the Irish Independent.

Source: Irish Independent November 14, 2020 02:36 UTC