A number of events to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising are being held across Couounty Clare today.
A ceremony is taking place in Kilrush, while the East Clare Memorial Committee are maintaining their decades-long tradition of remembering the contribution of men and women from that area by laying wreaths following masses in both Tuamgraney in Scariff.
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In Ennis meanwhile, Sinn Fein TD Martin Ferris will speak at a ceremony at Drumcliffe Cemetery.
This Easter is the first since the Queen’s visit to Ireland, which was seen as a highly symbolic moment, and Deputy Ferris has told Clare FM that a number of gestures on that trip were warmly received
