#EasterRising: 'Francis Ledwidge marched here in 1916'

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Poet Francis Ledwidge was a friend of one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising, Thomas McDonagh. Ledwidge arrived back from combat in the First World War into a ruined Dublin - and was then sent to Derry. Freya McClements has been gathering stories of Derry connections to the 1916 Rising ahead of the 100th anniversary on Sunday, and she went to meet Dave Duggan to find out more about Francis Ledwidge and Ebrington in 1916...

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