Easter Monday 1916 Rising Community Commemoration to honour the men and women

dublin | miscellaneous | event notice Saturday March 30, 2013 20:45 by T. Fagan folklore at eircom dot net

commemoration to honour the men and women who fought for Irish Freedom

THE ROLE OF WOMEN who fought in the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence and the
Civil War is to be highlighted on Easter Monday as part of the ceremonies organised
by the Dublin North Inner City Folklore Project at Liberty Hall and the GPO.

At 11.30am on Easter Monday, 1st April 2013, a replica of a flag hoisted by Molly
O?Reilly of the Irish Citizen Army at Liberty Hall in 1916 will be raised by a niece
of Molly?s.

Men and women dressed in period costume and uniforms followed by people carrying
photographs of the men and women will then lead a parade from Liberty Hall to the
GPO for a wreath-laying ceremony by Constance Corcoran, daughter of Molly O?Reilly
who?s, mother was a member of the City Hall garrison and Mrs Steenson, whose mother
was a member of the GPO/Clery?s garrison. An address will given by Nora Comiskey
from the 1916-1921 Club. Descendants of the men and women who served from 1916 to
1923 will take part.

The community-based North Inner City Folklore Project wants the events to be
non-party political and is appealing to men and women to turn out on Easter Monday
and pay tribute to the heroic men and women. ?We want to honour not just the famous
but the not-so-famous men and women?