By Dan Walsh
The 110th anniversary of the 1916 Rising in Enniscorthy takes place on Easter Monday with a celebration of Mass at 10am in St. Aidan’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy.
The Reserve Defence Forces’ Colour Party and St. Colman’s Pipe Band, Ballindaggin, will lead the parade through Main Street, Pig Market Hill, Wafer Street, and into Market Square, where the Cathaoirleach of Enniscorthy Municipal District, Cllr. Barbara Anne Murphy will lay a wreath.
It is understood that the newly formed Slaneyside Players and Enniscorthy Historical Re-enactment Society will be wearing period costume for the annual Easter event.
A series of events will follow at the Athenaeum in Castle Street, (headquarters of the Volunteers during Easter Week 1916), which cost £2,207 to build in 1892, including;
Laying of a wreath by Cllr Barbara-Anne Murphy, a brief outline of Easter week by historian Barry Lacey, a poem written by Jer Ennis for the occasion will be read by Graham Cadogan, a guard of honour for Padraig Pearse by Enniscorthy Historical Re-enactment Society members, an extract from a Padraig Pearse speech, a rendition of The Foggy Dew by Niamh Crowhurst and some refreshments to close the proceedings.
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