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1916 Easter Rising Commemoration Held in Fairfield
Gaelic American Club to Host Easter Rising Commemoration with Feile President John Minehan
The historic 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland will be remembered at the 2019 Easter Rising Commemoration at the 1916 Memorial at the Gaelic American Club on Beach Road in Fairfield on Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 3 PM. The featured speaker is John Minehan, the President of Feile, Inc. The event is free and open to the public.
"The Easter Rising was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in the First World War." (Wikipedia)
This event is co-sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, John F. Kennedy, Division #1. For more information, contact Tom Keane at tkeane@optonline.net.
