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26th April 2016 • Volume 23, Issue 14 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. EirCode: K67 P5W4. • Tel: 01 8•400•200 • info@northcountyleader.ie • www.northcountyleader.ie
We Remember
The flagship event of the County Council’s Centenary celebrations of the 1916 Rising took place in Swords on Sunday last, which attracted a crowd of in excess of 10,000 locals and visitors. The event was marshalled expertly and the local authority can feel very proud of how they brought the story of 1916 to the local community, through imaginative re-enact-
ments of events from the period. The planning for this event began 18 months ago and featured a series of historical lectures and exhibitions, including memorabilia days in centres across the region. Relatives of many of the volunteers from the North County brought some
invaluable momentos which were digitally recorded by the Council, to be archived for future generations to enjoy. Eithne Mallin, who is the County
Council’s 2016 Co-ordinator and grand niece of executed 1916 leader, Michael Mallin, was delighted with the success of the celebrations and the entire Centenary Programme. She told the County Leader, “I think we hit the right note here today and the relatives will be
very pleased with how the event was handled and the turnout. It all began 18 months ago and it’s been worth every pain and every ache along the way. It’s been great honour for me, as a relative, and I felt very emotional and Eithne Mallin proud,” she said.
Continued with our 1916 special on pages 5, 10&11