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Dublin Sinn Féin Local Commemorations

9 April, 2009

Wednesday

There is a south city Rebel walking tour including Leinster House. Meeting at gates of Leinster House, done by a Northsider Micheál Mac Donncha.

Thursday

We are holding a public meeting/debate, on the "Happiness and prosperity of the whole nation?" - Economic crisis the way forward. This meeting will allow us to air our economic policy to the public. Arthur Morgan TD is giving the Republican position, while a guest speaker will give his side of the argument. This meeting is on in Wynn's Hotel in Middle Abbey street at 7:30pm.

Friday

The annual Arbour Hill Commemoration will be held, this year like in past years, This ceremony will be a candidate themed commemoration. It will be held at 1pm in arbour hill. Councillor Séamas McGratton will be speaking and Councillor Louise Minihan will be chairing the proceedings. All welcome.

A Dublin city centre rebel walking tour will be held at 2:30pm assembling at the Sinn Feén Shop, this tour will be conducted by Pat Finlay and will last about 90mins.

Saturday

There are two local Commemeorations, the Ballyfermot commemoration will be assembling from the Ballyfermot Sinn Féin office, on the Ballyfermot road at 11am and marching to Markievicz Park, Aengus Ó Snodaigh will be chairing the proceedings with Councillor Louise Minihan giving the main speech.

The Crumlin Commemoration will be assembling from Errigal Field at 2pm and marching to Éamonn Ceannt Park, Aengus Ó Snodaigh will be chairing the proceedings with Councillor Ray McHugh giving the main speech.

Sunday

There will be a wreath laying Ceremony, held in Glasnevin Cemetery 1916 plot at 12pm noon. Sineéad Cooke will be main speaker; she is the local election candidate for Tallaght south

Main Commemoration


Mary Lou Mc Donald MEP will be the main speaker this year; it will be chaired by Councillor Criona Ní Dhálaigh. It will be assembling at the garden of remembrance in Parnell Square at 1:30pm sharp. Then it will then march to the GPO.


For this commemoration we are asking for all Cumainn to bring in their cumann banners, and try and get as many people there as possible.

Easter Monday

There are two local Commemorations, the Dublin South East Commemoration will be held at the Elizabeth O'Farrell Memorial Park, City Quay where there will be speehes from Mary Lou, Councillor Daithí Doolan and Oisín Dolan.


The Dún Laoghaire Commemoration will be assembling from Bakers Corner, Deansgrange at 2pm and marching to the Deansgrange Cemetery, Eoin Ó Broin will be chairing the proceedings with Mary Lou McDonald giving the main speech.

On Saturday the 18th of April

An Cumann Gaelach will be organising a trip to Pearse museum in Rathfarnham. This event will involve a tour of the museum conducted both in Irish and in English. After the tour people will be invited back to Club an Chonartha of Conradh na Gaeilge on Harcourt Street

Other activities

There is a leaflet ready to be delivered, each area should have thousaunds of them by now and the majority of your allocation should be already gone out as this is Easter week now, please make sure you deliver all your leaflets in time.

We have got 4,000 posters for the main Easter commemoration and posters to advertise the local events, all areas should be in the process of sticking them all up now, we would also ask for a hand sticking up the posters in the city centre, if anybody has a spare hour to do that could you please contact me and I will go out doing them with you.

As a huge amount of effort is going into organising all of these events and with the year that's in it, election year, it is important that the Cúige membership support as many events as they can, specifi ally the main Easter commemoration.

If anybody has any question or concern regarding the Easter events please don't hesitate to contact me.