The Foxford Gathering is a blog that was set up to promote the Foxford Gathering and help people living abroad keep in touch with what was being planned for the events. Since the gathering has finished the blog is now an archive of the local history of Foxford town and future local events.
Saturday, 22 June 2013
The Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy including Commodore Mark Mellett, Irish Naval Service, salute the memory of the late J.J.O'Hara, former President of the Admiral Brown Society, Foxford, County Mayo. The J.J.O'Hara Memorial Lecture will take place in the Mayfly Hotel, Main Street, Foxford on Friday the 2nd August at 8.p.m.
Pictured at the Admiral William Brown Monument in Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland was Thomas N. Hudson, author of Admiral William Brown Master of the River Plate. Of Admiral Brown he states" He will be remembered for his audacity, humanity, toughness, perseverance, and worldliness. He won the respect of all who knew him. The world could do with more William Browns".
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