Aidan Moffitt And Michael Snee Vigil Cork 2022 Arthur Leahy In Crowd Photo
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Title
Aidan Moffitt And Michael Snee Vigil Cork 2022 Arthur Leahy In Crowd Photo
Subject
Murders of LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ victims of hate crimes
Anti-LGBTQ+ violence
Gay victims of hate crimes
LGBTQ+ phobia
LGBTQ+ activism
LGBTQ+ activists
LGBTQ+ events
Description
Arthur Leahy pictured in the crowd at the Aidan Moffitt And Michael Snee Vigil Cork. The vigil was held in Bishop Lucey Park, also known as The Peace Park, in Cork City on 18 April, 2022 in response to the deaths of two gay men in Sligo. Aiden Moffitt and Michael Snee were the two gay men who were murdered. In October 2023 Yousef Palani was sentenced to life in prison for the murders. The vigil was organised by Gay Project, LINC and Cork Pride. Arthur Leahy is a Cork gay and social change activist. He is a founding member of the Cork Gay Collective and was involved in organising the first Irish National Gay Conference. His collection forms the core of the Cork LGBT Archive.
Creator
Orla Egan
Source
Orla Egan Photography Collection
Date
2022-04-18
Rights
Permission to Use granted by Orla Egan. Items in this digital archive are covered by a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No-Derivatives License. Please credit Cork LGBT Archive and provide a link back to this site.
Format
JPEG (Image coding standard)
Language
eng
Type
Still image
Photograph
Coverage
2022
Cork
IRL
Citation
Orla Egan, “Aidan Moffitt And Michael Snee Vigil Cork 2022 Arthur Leahy In Crowd Photo,” Cork LGBT Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, https://www.corklgbtarchive.com/items/show/1429.