The annual Easter Monday Ceremony of Remembrance took place today in Enniscorthy, one of the few locations outside of Dublin to mobilise and raise the tricolour over the Athenaeum Hall during the 1916 Rebellion.

Chairman of Enniscorthy Municipal District Council, Cllr Keith Doyle, led the annual official ceremony which commenced with Remembrance Mass celebrated in St. Aidan’s Cathedral by Fr Billy Swan.

Cllr Doyle delivered an oration at Market Square in the shadow of the ’98 memorial and said the people of Enniscorthy are so proud of what happened in the town over a century ago.

“Enniscorthy was asked to ensure that lines of communication were disrupted and to support the volunteers in Dublin and that is what they did achieve,” said Cllr Doyle, who was joined by Minister Paul Kehoe in laying wreaths at the foot of the ’98 memorial.

Wreaths were also laid at the foot of the Patriot’s Flag at Abbey Square, erected in 2016, to mark the centenary of the Rising, and at the nearby Seamus Rafter memorial.

A parade was led by a colour party, the Ballindaggin Pipe Band, members of the local authority, Minister Paul Kehoe TD and James Browne TD, local descendants of the Enniscorthy 1916 leaders and participants, and Enniscorthy Re-enactment Group.

The 1916 Proclamation was read by Judy Heffernan. Buglar Anthony Nolan sounded the Last Post and the band concluded the public ceremony playing the National Anthem.