Easter Remembrance

At the weekend Easter Rising ceremonies saw many commemorations throughout the country.




But in a strange twist of events a 52 year old Cork man appeared in court charged with defacing republican graves including those of Tomas Mac Curtain and Terence Mac Swiney. But in general the country's patriot dead were honoured rather than besmirched.

1966 Easter Commemorations in Dublin

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