94TH.EASTER COMMEMORATION-----PADRAIG PEARSE ,ADDRESS
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:21 pmHI ALL, ENNISCORTHY WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL EASTER COMMEMORATION ON MONDAY 5TH. APRIL 2010. ASSEMBLE IN THE GROUNDS OF ST. AIDANS CATHEDRAL AT 10 A.M. APPROX. - --MASS 11A.M. FOLLOWED BY PARADE TO THE MARKET SQUARE FOR SHORT CEREMONIES AT THE 1798 MONUMENT .....PADRAIG PEARSE ADDRESSED THE WEXFORD BRIGADE OF THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS IN THE BARLEY FIELD ON THE SLOPES OF VINEGAR HILL ON 26TH. SEPTEMBER 1915 AND HE ALSO ADDRESSED A MEETING OF THE GAELIC LEAGUE IN THE ATHENAEUM , ENNISCORTHY ON 1ST. MARCH 1916. THE ATHENAEUM WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE WEXFORD IRISH VOLUNTEERS IN 1916. THIS YEAR FOLLOWING THE CEREMONIES IN THE MARKET SQUARE AN ADDED ATTRACTION WILL BE (PADRAIG PEARSE ADDRESS TO THE GAELIC LEAGUE ) WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED BY " THE BANNERMAN " PADRAIG THE TAN O RUAIRC . ALL FELLOW REENACTORS ARE INVITED TO THE EVENT. PERIOD UNIFORM ---IRISH VOLUNTEER , CUMANN NA MBAN , IRISH CITIZEN ARMY OR FLYING COLUMN . RAY MURPHY.
