Oct
10
2025
Tribute paid to James Joseph O'Kelly, Irish journalist and parliamentarian, at Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery, as the first activity of the First National Meeting of Cubans Residing in Ireland and Their Descendants.
Dublin, October 10, 2025. As the first activity of the First National Meeting of Cubans Residing in Ireland and their Descendants, to be held on October 10 and 11, this morning, Cubans and Irish people paid tribute to the Irish journalist and parliamentarian, James Joseph O'Kelly, who interviewed, at risk to his life, the Father of the Nation, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, in the Mambí jungle and wrote his memoirs about his visit to Cuba in late 1872 and early 1873 in the book entitled "Mambi Land".
