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Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Commemorative Events

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the decade of centenaries commemorative events she has attended in the past two years. [29287/18]

Photo of Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I have attended a number of events related to the Decade of Centenaries Commemorative Programme, since my appointment as Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, on 30th November 2017.

On 6th February 2018, I launched the State programme to mark the centenary of the introduction of voting rights for women in 1918 and their right to stand in parliamentary elections. This programme also celebrates 100 years of participation of Irish women in political life, beginning with the election of Countess Markievicz in the General Election of 14th December 1918. Later this year, I look forward to opening an exciting and innovative pop-up museum exhibition, entitled, Women in Politics and Public Life, 1918 - 2018, curated by the historian, Sinéad McCoole, which will be showcased at The Coach House in Dublin Castle until early 2019.

On Easter Sunday, 1st April, I represented the Government at a commemoration in Glasnevin Cemetery, in remembrance of all of those who died during the 1916 Easter Rising. This commemoration included wreath-laying ceremonies at the Sigerson Monument and the graves of Edward Hollywood and Peadar Kearney.

On 9th May, I attended the annual State Commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising at Arbour Hill.

On 7th July, I represented the Government at the annual ceremony, hosted by the Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland Branch, in the Irish National War Memorial Gardens, to commemorate the Irish born men and women who gave their lives in World War I and World War II.

On 4th September, I launched a new exhibition to commemorate the work of thousands of men and women volunteers from the St John Ambulance brigade, who cared for the military personnel on their return from World War I. This exhibition also explores the significant humanitarian response to the sinking of the RMS Leinster on 10th October 1918. I will be honoured to represent the Government at an official commemoration in Dún Laoghaire on 10th October to mark the centenary of this tragedy - in which at least 564 people perished.

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