Proclamation Day in HFSS
Last Tuesday, March 15th, HFSS joined all schools nationwide as we paused to reflect on the significance of the 1916 Proclamation for a Republic. The Blue Mountain TV production company were filming in school for RTE Young Peoples Programming. HFSS will feature in May in a programme about National Proclamation Day. The entire staff and student body looked on as the National Flag was raised by our school captain, Niamh Carey.
The Proclamation was a cornerstone document of the Rising and is one of the most important documents in Irish history. Shortly before mid-day on Easter Monday, Patrick Pearse, standing under the GPO portico, read out the Proclamation declaring Ireland a sovereign independent Republic. Our students read our re-imagined modern day version of the proclamation on the steps of HFSS.
