WA REMEMBERS EASTER 1916

"WA Remembers Easter 1916" is the best location to find all WA based events aimed at commemorating or remembering the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916. 

Events should fall within the framework of the overall Ireland 2016 programme and be aligned with one or more of the five themes: Remember; Reconcile; Present; Imagine and Celebrate.

If you wish to submit an event to be included in the programme, please email: 
WARemembersEaster1916@gmail.com

This website is not intended to be used as a political space, merely a page designed to collate information about the many events taking place in WA, and ultimately direct people to these events. Please use the page accordingly.

 

 

A message from our President:

 

Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, has reflected on the centenary year, its commemorations and events, and what the year may mean for the Irish people in 2016.

 

"In 2016 we celebrate the beginnings of our independence. We honour the courage, dignity and ideals that characterised the events and people of 1916, whose beliefs and actions make it possible for us to remember and reflect on the full richness of our history, and the diversity of people and events that are part of what we are today.

 

The 31 community programmes for 2016 are the outcome of thousands of hours of reflection. People of all ages and backgrounds came forward with their wish and their suggestions as to how to rekindle an idealism that in 1916 found expression in the desire to be free, to be the authors of our own destiny and carriers of our cultural heritage, to be equal among ourselves and among the nations – to create a country worthy of the description “Republic”.

 

We reflect on the events of the past, including the great literary revival that preceded 1916 in order to imagine, and then create, a better future.  We recall a decade that includes the 1913 Lockout and the beginning of a world war as well as the founding events of 1916 so that we can build a future that honours the promise of equality and inclusiveness.

 

In 2016 we should also honour all those who have built peace and brought people together on this island, re-dedicate ourselves to that work – so that reconciliation becomes more than mere tolerance; becomes active engagement with, and sharing of, ideas and aspirations.

 

More than anything, 2016 should be a year in which, together, we remember, reflect and re-imagine, a year in which we unify our endeavours  to discover what we can do to create and sustain a life of fulfilment for all those with whom we share this Planet."

 

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