Published on Wednesday20thApril2011

Commemoration Ceremony to mark 95th anniversary of Easter Rising

Details of the commemoration ceremony to mark the 95th anniversary of the 1916 Rising have been released and can be viewed below:

A ceremony to mark the 95th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising will take place outside the GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin on Easter Sunday 24th April 2011 commencing at 12 noon.

The Ceremony will be led by the President Mary McAleese, An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, T.D. and the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter.

Defence Forces personnel, including a brass band, a pipe band and representatives of the Army, the Air Corps, the Naval Service and the Defence Reserve will take part in the Ceremony, which will conclude with an Air Corps fly past.

At noon the National Flag will be lowered and the 1916 Proclamation will be read by an Officer from the Defence Forces.

The President will then lay a wreath to commemorate those who died in 1916. A minute silence will be observed.

Following the ceremony the Minister for Defence will host a reception for invited guests, including relatives of the 1916 leaders.

Members of the public are invited to attend and should be in position in the public viewing area outside the GPO by 11.15 a.m. Large video screens will be erected on either side of the GPO to relay the ceremony to the public.