Irish American Organizations

AIA Dig. ID 0047PL03

"We note in the hundreds of words used in the St. Patrick's Day statement [by the Four Horsemen], two crucial words are strikingly absent-hunger strike. The Four Horsemen, who could have alleviated so much suffering by raising their voices last winter were silent, even while the New York and Massachusetts state legislatures enacted resolutions of support for the demands of Irish political prisoners."
     Noraid's response to the St. Patrick's Day
     message published by the "Four Horsemen":
     Governor Hugh Carey of New York, Senator Ted
     Kennedy of Massachusetts, Senator
     Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, and
     Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts.
    "Noraid Statement"
     Irish People, 21 March 1981, 1

"People are sad for Bobby Sands, but there is a real sense of outrage that nobody in the world will put a lot of heat on Margaret Thatcher...I think we could get 20,000 people in Washington after Sands dies."
     George McLaughlin, chairman, New York H-Block-Armagh Committee
     New York Times, 4 May 1981, A14

AIA Dig. ID 0033PL03

"We deeply regret it. He was certainly a symbol for the Irish people and we hope...it won't lead to any more bloodshed but will serve the cause of civil rights."
     Michael Shevlin, Irish American Heritage Center
     Chicago Tribune, 5 May 1981, 1-14

"The Irish American community is now aroused and unified. We are militant. A mood of outrage is affecting all Irish Americans. It's just the tip of the iceberg."
     Martin Galvin, official spokesman for the Irish
     Northern Aid Committee (Noraid)
     Irish Echo, 16 May 1981, 3

AIA Dig. ID 0028PL01

AIA Dig. ID 0029PL03