1916 National Flag Presentation Ceremony

Three students Darren Heffernan, Colm O’Keeffe and Sarah Healy along with History teacher Gerarda Mullane travelled to GAA headquarters on Monday 7th March to attend the National Flag Presentation Ceremony for Post-Primary Schools. Thousands of students and teachers attended this wonderful occasion in Croke Park in the presence of the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins. Members of the Defence Forces as well as a number of special guests including former Ireland goalkeeper Pakie Bonner and Olympian John Treacey, presented the National Flag and a copy of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic to all schools at the State ceremony in association with the Thomas F. Meagher Foundation. It was a memorable day and a great start to the Centenary Programme to remember 1916.