CROKE PARK TRICOLOUR FLAG PRESENTATION DAY
On Monday 7th March, our School Captain, Niamh Carey with Medhbh McCarthy (6th year History) and Olivia Battault (3rd year and SRC) attended the National Flag Presentation Ceremony in Croke Park. They were accompanied by Ms Allen and Ms Field.
President Michael D Higgins gave the keynote address to over 6,000 students at the event.
This event is part of the State's 2016 centenary programme.
President Higgins said the Easter rising of 1916 can, in many ways, be described as a "stunningly ambitious act of imagination". He also said it is up to our young people to take charge of change and imagine what Ireland might yet become.
He told the secondary school students gathered that have they have a great part to play in shaping the future - he said their ideas, enthusiasm and dreams are need to continue the work of building a society in which all out citizens can flourish.
During the ceremony members of the Defence Forces presented second-level students and their teachers with the national flag and a copy of the proclamation.
For more information on the many wonderful 1916 commemoration activities.
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/2016-a-calendar-of-events-for-the-centenary-1.2492341
http://www.ireland.ie/?gclid=CMGdncbcwMsCFUN22wodZAgKSA
