{"id":25887,"date":"2022-04-17T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25887"},"modified":"2022-04-18T08:19:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:19:05","slug":"president-higgins-leads-commemorations-of-the-easter-rising-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=25887","title":{"rendered":"President Higgins Leads Commemorations Of The Easter Rising In Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Michael D Higgins led the commemorations outside the GPO in Dublin (PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 1916 Rising, which prompted a series of events leading to Irish independence, has been marked in Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Michael D Higgins led the commemorations of the Easter Rising in a military ceremony outside the GPO on O\u2019Connell Street in the capital

antibiotika-online.com<\/a><\/div> , one of the main sites of the rebellion against British rule in 1916.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first public event to mark the uprising since the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Higgins laid a wreath during the ceremony, which began at midday on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin and Minister for Defense Simon Coveney also attended the event as well as Defense Forces members, a brass band, and representatives of the Air Corps and the Naval Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commemoration involved prayers of remembrance, and the Proclamation was read by Commandant Daire Roache, from Ballina, Co Mayo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Irish flag was lowered to half-mast during the ceremony and Private Vincent Murray, of the 27th Infantry Battalion, played a lament outside the GPO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relatives of former Irish presidents and family members of the 1916 signatories were also in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The planned fly-past by the Irish Air Corps was cancelled due to the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, in Belfast, huge crowds are expected to take part in Easter commemorations to mark 106 years since the 1916 Rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinn F\u00e9in leader Mary Lou McDonald is to address the National Graves Association commemoration in Milltown Cemetery on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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