{"id":5066,"date":"2019-01-15T09:42:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5066"},"modified":"2019-01-15T09:42:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:42:55","slug":"leinster-house-begins-commemorations-of-dail-eireanns-centenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5066","title":{"rendered":"Leinster House Begins Commemorations of Dail Eireann&#8217;s Centenary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/151d0e5b-3913-4d7e-aea1-168caae05b84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/151d0e5b-3913-4d7e-aea1-168caae05b84.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/151d0e5b-3913-4d7e-aea1-168caae05b84-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Leinster House will host two days of the Dail100 Experience as part of the centenary commemorations running throughout 2019, beginning on January 19.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail TD welcomed actors playing historical figures to the home of the Irish parliament.<\/p>\n<p>They included Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the fifth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster (responsible for building Leinster House), an aristocrat and revolutionary who was commander-in-chief of the United Irishmen and one of the leaders who organised the rebellion of 1798, and Lady Emily Lennox, the Duchess of Leinster.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving in a 1916 Ford Model T4, the actors, dressed in historical garb, joked with the Ceann Comhairle in front of waiting photographers.<\/p>\n<p>The program will showcase the history of Leinster House and the evolution of Irish democracy through the decades.<\/p>\n<p>Characters representing different stages of Irish social and cultural life will entertain the public and visitors as they tour Leinster House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-5066\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5066&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-5066\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5066&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-5066\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5066&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5066\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leinster House will host two days of the Dail100 Experience as part of the centenary commemorations running throughout 2019, beginning on January 19. 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