LI-DOON-0492

Record Date: 
8 August 2012
Graveyard: 
St. Fintan's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

ERECTED BY THE WORKERS PARTY
OF IRELAND IN MEMORY OF
AN HONOURED MEMBER AND
COMRADE ALICE CORBETT SOCIALIST
REPUBLICAN A TRUE FOLLOWER OF
WOLFE TONE AND JAMES CONNOLLY
BORN 31st AUGUST 1922
DIED 24th JANUARY 2007
ALICE CORBETT LIVED HER LIFE
BY ONE PRINCIPLE THAT
‘SOCIALISM, COMRADE
IS LIKE THE RED, RED ROSE
DAY BY DAY IT OPENS
AND DAY BY DAY IT GROWS
AND SOON ITS PETALS
WILL THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD ENCLOSE.’
ALSO HER LIFELONG
COMRADE AND HUSBAND JOHN
BORN 3rd AUGUST 1898
DIED 29th APRIL 1983
 

Memorial Type: 
Plaque
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.604298055556
Longitude: 
-8.2440763888889
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
The Workers Party Of Ireland
Name: 
Alice
Surname: 
Corbett
Date of birth - day: 
31
Date of birth - month: 
August
Date of birth - year: 
1922
Date of death - day: 
24
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
2007
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Corbett
Date of birth - day: 
3
Date of birth - month: 
August
Date of birth - year: 
1898
Date of death - day: 
29
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1983