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Searmanas Bronnta an Bhratai Naisiunta ar na hlarbhunscoileannaNational Flag Post-Prim Presentation Ceremony 07.03.16
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National Flag Post-Primary Presentation CeremonySearmanas Bronnta an Bhratai Naisiunta ar na hlarbhunscoileanna
7 March 2016 An 7 Marta 2016Croke Park Stadium, Staidiam Phairc an Chrocaigh,Dublin 3 Baile Atha Cliath 3
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A message from the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins Teachtaireacht o Uachtaran na hEireann, Micheal D. O hUigfnn
2016 is a very special year, during which we are commemorating the centenary o f one o f the milestones in our nation’s journey to independence - the Easter Rising o f 1916. As we recall this seminal event in Irish history, we are also invited to place ourselves, in imagination, in the great sequence o f generations which preceded us and will succeed us.
This is a propitious time to reflect on how we have used that freedom which was handed down to us in a way that serves all o f our people. As all o f us, and more particularly our young people, set to the task o f imagining what Ireland might yet become, we can find a great source o f inspiration in the passion, courage and generous aspirations o f so many Irish patriots from our past who, like Thomas Francis Meagher, dedicated their life to the pursuit o f liberty.
When he flew the Irish Tricolour for the first time, on 7th March 1848, at the Wolfe Tone Confederate Club in Waterford, Thomas Meagher could only hope that, one day, the green, white and orange would be Ireland’s national colours.
Is bliain an-speisialta e 2016, bliain ina ndeanaimid comoradh cead bliain ar cheann de na cora cinniunacha ar bhealach ar naisiuin i dtreo an neamhspleachais - Eiri Amach na Casca 1916. Agus muid ag tabhairt an t-imeacht rithabhachtach seo i stair na hEireann chun cuimhne, tugtar deis duinn freisin muid fein a shamhlu in ollsraith na gluine a bhf romhainn agus a thiocfaidh inar ndiaidh.
Is trathuil anois machnamh a dheanamh ar an leas ata bainte againn as an tsaoirse sin a fagadh againn le hoidhreacht ar bhealach a theann chun tairbhe do mhuintir na tire go leir. Agus muid, ar ndaoine oga ach go hairithe, ag tabhairt faoin meid a d’fheadfadh bheith i ndan d’Eirinn amach anseo a shamhlu, is foinse iontach spreagtha e paisean, misneach agus ardmhianta na dtirghrathoiri Eireannacha on am a chuaigh thart, fearacht Thomas Francis Meagher, a chaith a saol ar thoir na saoirse.
Nuair a chuir se Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann ar foluain den chead uair ar an 7 Marta 1848 ag Cumann Conaidhme Wolfe Tone i bPort Lairge, m fheadfadh Thomas Meagher ach suil a bheith aige leis go ndeanfai dathanna naisiunta na hEireann de ghlas, ban agus oraiste na bratai la eigin.
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After many intervening developments, this wish has come true. The Irish Tricolour was flown from the roof o f the GPO by the insurgents o f Easter 1916, as a symbol o f an Irish Republic founded on freedom and equality o f rights.
We are so fortunate that one o f the most recognisable symbols o f our shared Irishness - the green, white and orange banner - is an emblem o f peace and brotherhood between the various communities who live on this island, as well as a reminder o f the bonds o f friendship that tie us to other nations across the world.
Indeed we must not forget that Thomas Meagher belongs to a history that is not solely Irish. Inspired by the ideals o f the French Revolution, he modelled the Irish Tricolour on the French one, and, later in his life, he engaged in the American civil war on the side o f those who were determined to abolish slavery. In turn orator, journalist, lawyer, revolutionary, convict in Tasmania, soldier in the American civil war and acting Governor o f Montana - Thomas Meagher’s life continues to capture our imagination.
I ndiaidh an iomai cor sa sceal idir an da linn, ta an fhis sin fioraithe. Chuir ceannaircigh Eiri Amach na Casca 1916 Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann ar foluain ar dhion Ard-Oifig an Phoist, mar shiombail de Phoblacht Eireannach a bhi bunaithe ar an tsaoirse agus ar chomhionannas ceart.
Ta an t-adh dearg orainn gur suaitheantas na siochana agus an bhraithreachais idir na pobail eagsula a chonaionn ar an oilean seo e ceann de na siombaih is so-aitheanta dar ‘nEireannachas’ comhroinnte - an bhratach ghlas, bhan agus oraiste.Chomh maith leis sin, meabhraionn se duinn na ceangail chairdis ata againn le naisiuin eile ar fud an domhain.
Nior cheart duinn dearmad a dheanamh de, go deimhin, go mbaineann Thomas Meagher le stair nach bhfuil go hiomlan Eireannach. Thug ideil Reabhloid na Fraince spreagadh do, agus bhunaigh se Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann ar bhratach na Fraince, agus, mos deanai ina shaol, ghlac se pairt i gcogadh cathartha Mheiricea leo siiid a rinne dicheall chun deireadh a chur leis an sclabhaiocht. D’oibrigh Thomas Meagher mar oraidi, iriseoir, dliodoir, reabhloidi, daoranach sa Tasmain, saighdiuir i gCogadh Cathartha Mheiricea agus Gobharnoir gniomhach Montana, agus ta sceal a bheatha ina dhiol speise agus suntais againn go foill sa la ata inniu ann.
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In so many ways, Thomas Francis Meagher encapsulates that extraordinary generation o f 1848, who, throughout Europe, from France to Poland, from Denmark to Italy, put their lives on the line to overthrow tyranny and despotism, and to vindicate the liberty and self- determination o f oppressed peoples.
Today the Irish Tricolour is recognised o f Ireland, as a distinctive marker o f Irish national identity and culture. It is a symbol o f our generous, inclusive Irishness - a symbol we exhibit to manifest our pride at sporting events, but also one we readily share with others, for example on Saint Patrick’s day, when so many people around the world wear the Irish colours.
I wish to pay tribute to the Irish Defence Forces who, through the peacekeeping missions they carry out with great courage and professionalism around the world, keep alive the meaning o f the Irish Tricolour as a powerful emblem o f brotherhood and peace. Our Defence Forces are also playing a prominent part in the 1916 commemorations. They have presented over 3,300 schools with a specially commissioned National Flag and commemorative folder - a process which will culminate on 15th March 2016,
Is iomai bealach ina gcuimsfonn Thomas Francis Meagher sar-ghluin sin na bliana 1848, a chuir a saol i mbaol ar fud na hEorpa, on bhFrainc go dti an Pholainn, on Danmhairg go dti an Iodail, chun tiorantacht agus forlamhas a threascairt, agus chun saoirse agus feinchinntitheacht daoine a bhi faoi chois a chosaint.
Aithnftear Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann gach ait inniu, in Eirinn agus lasmuigh di, mar shiombail shainiuil d’aitheantas agus cultur naisiunta na hEireann. Is siombail 1 an bhratach dar ‘nEireannachas’ flaithiuil cuimsitheach - siombail a thaispeanaimid lenar mbrod a leiriu ag imeachtai spoirt, agus siombail a roinnimid gan stro le daoine eile freisin, ar La Fheile Padraig, mar shampla, trath a chaitheann go leor leor daoine timpeall an domhain dathanna na hEireann.
Ba mhaith liom omos a chur in iul d’Oglaigh na hEireann, a choimeadann bri Bhratach na hEireann ina steillbheatha mar shuaitheantas cumhachtach den bhraithreachas agus den tsiochain, tri na misin a dtugann siad futhu chun an tsiochain a choimead le hollmhisneach agus le hollghairmiulacht ar fud na cruinne. Ta pairt fheicealach a glacadh ag Olaigh na hEireann i gcomoradh 1916 chomh maith. Bhronn siad Bratach Naisiunta agus filltean comortha a coimisiunaiodh go speisialta ar bhreis agus 3,300 scoil - proiseas a chuirfear i gcrich ar an 15 Marta 2016,
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when schools and educational centres around Ireland will raise the National Flag and read the 1916 Proclamation o f the Republic.
May I also thank the Thomas F. Meagher Foundation for promoting the powerful and positive symbolism o f our national flag, and for perpetuating the memory o f Thomas Francis Meagher. We remain indebted to this man who, in 1848, called for “a lasting truce between Orange and Green” to become the enduring symbol o f the Irish Nation.
This is indeed a vision worth championing, a message o f peace we must continue to cherish.
Michael D. H iggins
President of Ireland
nuair a dheanfaidh scoileanna agus ionaid oideachais timpeall na hEireann Bratach na hEireann a ardu agus Forogra 1916 na Poblachta a leamh.
Chomh maith leis sin, ba mhian liom buiochas a ghlacadh le Fonduireacht Thomas F. Meagher as siombalachas cumhachtach agus dearfach ar mbratai naisiunta a chur chun cinn, agus as buanchuimhne a dheanamh de Thomas Francis Meagher. Beimid thar a bheith buioch choiche den fhear seo, a d’eiligh sa bhliain 1848 go mbeadh “ sos cogaidh marthanach idir Oraiste agus Glas” ina shiombail sheasmhach de Naisiun na hEireann.
Is cinnte gur fis 1 ar flu tabhairt fuithi, agus teachtaireacht siochana nach mor duinn a chothu.
Micheal D. O hUigmnUachtaran na hEireann
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A message from the Chair of the Thomas F. Meagher Foundation Teachtaireacht o Chathaoirleach Fhonduireacht Thomas F. Meagher
Peace, respect and citizenship.Peace. A word often taken lightly and used by world leaders and beauty pageant contestants alike, without an understanding o f the commitment it demands and its significance in the daily lives o f the people o f the nations o f the world.
Those people long for peace; for the freedom to live their lives, bring up their children and see their children’s children grow without fear; for a world in which violence borne o f prejudice, avarice and sectarianism is as much in the past as is slavery and ignorance; for a world where justice is blind to accident o f birth, nationality, colour or creed -a ‘peaceful’ world, whose men and women are dedicated to making this small planet a fruitful, colourful and resplendent garden o f God’s creation.
Will this peace, this vision, come through words? Will it come through the exercise o f power, conflict and suppression o f the ideas o f those who are ‘different’ from us?
We’ve tried that. It doesn’t work.Our flag offers us an answer that may, just, bring peace -should we so resolve. The symbolism o f the central white panel gives us hope, no matter what our individual beliefs are.
Thomas Meagher’s vision, 170 years ago, spoke o f reconciliation between the prevailing Christian doctrines
An tsiochain, meas agus an tsaoranacht.An tSiochain. Is focal e a ndeantar talamh slan de go minic agus a bhionn le clos o cheannasaithe an domhain agus iomaitheoirf i gcomortas ailleachta araon, gan tuiscint a bheith acu ar an tiomantas a theastaionn lena baint amach agus ar an tabhacht a bhaineann lei i saol laethuil dhaoine ar fud an domhain.
Mian a gcrof 1 an tsiochain ag na ndaoine siud; saoirse lena saol a chaitheamh, lena leanaf a thogail agus le leanaf a leanaf a fheiceail ag teacht i meadaiocht gan aon eagla orthu; go mbainfear domhan amach ina bhfuil deireadh tagtha le foreigean mar gheall ar chlaontacht, saint agus seicteachas mar aon le sclabhafocht agus aineolas; domhan ina dtugann an ceartas neamhaird ar inscne, naisiuntacht, dath na creideamh
- domhan ‘sfochanta’, ina bhfuil fir agus mna an domhain sin tiomanta chun gairdin faoi bhlath, beo agus lonrach de chruthu De a dheanamh den phlainead beag seo.
An mbainfear an tsiochain seo, an fhfs seo, amach le focail? An mbainfear amach 1 tri leas a bhaint as cumhacht, tri choinbhleacht agus smaointe na ndaoine siud ata ‘eagsuil’ uainn a chur faoi chois?
Bhaineamar triail as sin. Nf eirfonn leis. Cuireann ar mbratach freagra ar fail duinn, freagra a d’fheadfadh, b’fheidir, sfochain a bhaint amach - da gcinnfimis amhlaidh. Tugann siombalachas an phaineil lair bhain dochas duinn, beag beann ar ar gcreideamh aonair fein.
I bhfis Thomas Meagher 170 bliain o shin bhf tracht ar athmhuintearas idir na teagaisc eagsula Crfostafochta
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but now that message encompasses those o f all faiths and none:
The White in the centre signifies a lasting truce between the Orange and the Green, and I trust that beneath its fo lds, the hands o f the Irish Protestant and the Irish Catholic may be clasped in generous and heroic brotherhood.’
Peace does not mean that you and I have to agree - and that if we do not, I would be justified in using military or political strength, wealth or influence to force your compliance. What it does mean is that I shall respect your freedom to hold true those things that define your culture, tradition and belief and, in turn, I shall ask the same o f you. Funnily enough, it might just be that our values and dreams are not that different.
And then, clasping hands and working together as citizens o f a united people under the White, Green and Orange, we shall shout loudly and proudly that this ancient land o f learning, poetry and song has matured beyond its history o f division to set an example to the world o f what peace can really mean. Faoi mhoid bheith saor - but, if we dare to sing this, it must be a universal promise or it means nothing.
Reverend Michael Cavanagh
Chair of the Thomas F. Meagher Foundation
um an dtaca sin, ach cuimsionn an teachtaireacht sin anois chuile dhuine - daoine den uile chreideamh agus daoine gan creideamh ar bith:
‘Is eard ata i gceist leis an dath Ba'n i lar na bratai na sos cogaidh marthanach idir an dath V raiste ’ agus an dath ‘Glas’ agus ta' suil agam gu rfe id ir le Protastunaigh agus le Caitlicigh na hEireann la'mha a chroitheadh
fao in a bun i mbraithreachasjflaithiuil laochta.’Nf chiallafonn an tsiochain gur ga duit
fein agus domsa bheith ar aon intinn - na go mbeadh lidar agam le neart mileata no polaitiuil, rachmas no tionchar a usaid chun tabhairt ort geilleadh mura mbfmid. Is eard a chiallafonn se go mbeidh meas agamsa ar do shaoirse chun na rudaf siud a shainfonn do chultur, do thraidisiun agus do chreideamh a chothu agus, ar a uain sin, go n-iarrfaidh me ort an rud ceanna a dheanamh domsa. Aisteach go leor, d’fheadfaimis a thabhairt faoi deara gur beag difrfochta ata idir ar luachanna agus ar n-aislingf.
Agus ansin, sinn ag oibriu as lamh a cheile mar dhream aontaithe faoin mBratach Bhan, Ghlas agus Oraiste, fogroimid go broduil os ard go bhfuil tfr arsa seo an fhoghlama, na filfochta agus na n-amhran tar eis deighilt na staire a fhagail ina diaidh agus eiseamlair a thabhairt don domhan den mheid is ciall, ina ndairfre, leis an tsiochain. Faoi mhoid bheith saor - ach ma bhfonn se de mhisneach againn e seo a chanadh, nf mor gur gealltanas uilfoch e no nf bheidh ciall ar bith leis.
An tUrramach Michael CavanaghCathaoirleach FhonduireachtThom as F. Meagher
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The Programme An Clar
Arrival o f President o f Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, accompanied by his wife Sabina HigginsTeacht i lathair Uachtaran na hEireann, Micheal D. O hUiginn, i dteannta a bhean cheile, Sabina Ui Uiginn
Inspection o f the Guard o f Honour, 12 Infantry BattalionCigireacht ar an nGarda Onora, an 12U Cathlan Coisithe
Opening remarks by the Master o f CeremoniesRaitis tosaigh ag an Maistir Searmanas
Speech by Reverend Michael Cavanagh, Chair o f the Thomas F. Meagher FoundationOraid leis an Urramach Michael Cavanagh,Cathaoirleach Fhonduireacht Thomas F. Meagher
The story o f the life o f Thomas Francis MeagherSceal bheatha Thomas Francis Meagher
Address by the President o f Ireland, Michael D. HigginsOraid le hUachtaran na hEireann, Micheal D. O hUiginn
Message o f thanks from a student to the President o f IrelandTeachtaireacht bhuiochais o mhac lein le hUachtaran na hEireann
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Video clip from President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Ireland in 1963, courtesy o f the Thomas F. Meagher FoundationGearrthog fise o chuairt an Uachtarain John F. Kennedy ar Eireann i 1963, le caoinchead o Fhonduireacht Thomas F. Meagher
Performance by special guests, Seo LinnSeinm ceoil ag aionna speisialta, Seo Linn
National Flag Presentation CeremonySearmanas um Chur i Lathair na Bratai Naisiunta
Video especially commissioned for the Ireland 2016 Centenary ProgrammeFisean a coimisiunaiodh go speisialta le haghaidh Chlar Comortha Cead Bliain Eire 2016
Closing remarks by the Master o f CeremoniesRaitis scoir ag an Maistir Searmanas
National AnthemAmhran na bhFiann
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Thomas Francis Meagher - a Visionary, a Revolutionary and an Extraordinary LifeThomas Francis Meagher - a Visionary, ta Reabhloideach agus Saol Urghnach
Thomas Francis Meagher was born on 23rd August 1823 in Waterford City, into a well-off, catholic merchant family. In 1843, he joined Daniel O’Connell’s Repeal Movement, which was established to repeal the 1800 Act o f Union but he soon grew frustrated with the lack o f action. Meagher joined the Young Irelanders movement, which wanted more than a home Parliament in Dublin - their vision was for complete independence for Ireland.
From March o f 1848, Irish tricolours appeared side by side with French ones at meetings all over the country to celebrate the revolution that had taken place in France fuelling Meagher’s dreams o f liberty and independence. The Young Irelander flew the Irish Tricolour for the very first time on a Spring day - 7th March 1848 - at the Wolfe Tone Confederate Club - Number 33, The Mall, in Waterford, where it flew continuously for a week before being removed by the authorities. On the same day, a tricolour was also reported to have been carried in a parade to Vinegar Hill, Enniscorthy, County Wexford.
Rugadh Thomas Francis Meagher ar an 23 Lunasa 1823 i gCathair Phort Lairge, i dteaghlach saibhir, Caitliceach ceannaithe. In 1843, ghlac se pairt i nGluaiseacht Aisghairm an Aontais le Daniel O’Connell, a bunaiodh chun Acht an Aontais 1800 a aisghairm, ach ba ghearr gurbh abhar frustrachais do an easpa gmomhaiochta. Chuaigh Meagher le gluaiseacht na nEireannach Og, a raibh nios mo na Parlaimint duchais i mBaile Atha Cliath ag teastail uathu - neamhspleachas iomlan le haghaidh na hEireann a bhi i gceist lena bhfis.
O Mharta 1848 ar aghaidh, bhi bratacha tri dhath na hEireann ar foluain taobh le bratacha na Fraince ag cruinnithe ar fud na tire chun an reabhloid a cheiliuradh a thit amach sa Fhrainc. Rinne an reabhloid seo aislingf i dtaobh saoirse agus neamhspleachas Meagher a spreagadh. Chuir na hEireannaigh Oga Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann ar foluain den chead uair la Earraigh - an 7 Marta 1848 - ag Cumann Conaidhme Wolfe Tone - Uimhir 33, an Meal, i bPort Lairge, ait a raibh si ar foluain gan staonadh go ceann seachtaine go dti gur bhain na hudarais anuas 1. An la ceanna, tugadh le fios gur iompraiodh bratach tri dhath i morshiul go dti Cnoc Fhiodh na gCaor, Inis Corthaidh, Contae Loch Garman.
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In April 1848, Meagher was one o f three delegates chosen to travel to Paris to convey a congratulatory address to the new French revolutionary government. Edward Hollywood, a Huguenot silk weaver who lived in the Liberties, travelled to France with Thomas Francis Meagher and the Young Irelanders, where he acquired the richest o f French silk and presented Meagher with the first official ‘Irish Tricolour’ . Meagher presented this flag in Dublin and outlined the significance o f its colours and message o f peace and hoped-for unity.
Within six months, Meagher was arrested, tried and convicted o f treason. After the Young Irelander Rebellion o f 1848, Meagher was sentenced to be ‘hanged, drawn and quartered’ but following public outrage, this sentence was commuted to transportation for life to Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania.He left Ireland and would never return.
In 1852, Meagher escaped from Tasmania and arrived in New York to a hero’s welcome. For the next 10 years, he was a lawyer, publisher, orator and celebrity figure.
In Aibrean 1848, bhi Meagher ar dhuine de thriur toscairi a roghnaiodh chun taisteal go Paras chun oraid chomhghairdis a thabhairt do rialtas reabhloideach nua na Fraince. Thaistil Edward Hollywood, fiodoir sioda Ugonach a chonaigh sna Saoirsi, go dti an Fhrainc i dteannta Thomas Francis Meagher agus na nfiireannach Og, ait ar tugadh do scoth shioda na Fraince agus bhronn se ar Meagher chead ‘Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann’ a bhi ina bratach oifigiuil. Thug Meagher an bhratach seo go Baile Atha Cliath agus mhmigh se an tabhacht a bhain lena dathanna agus lena teachtaireacht siochana agus leis an aontas a rabhthas ag suil leis.
Laistigh de she mhf, gabhadh Meagher, cuireadh faoi thriail e agus ciontaiodh e i leith treasa. I ndiaidh fiiri Amach na nfiireannach Og in 1848, cuireadh an phianbhreith ar Meagher go ndeanfai e ‘a chrochadh, a tharraingt agus a ghearradh ina cheithre chuid’ , ach i ndiaidh gur leirigh an pobal uafas ina leith seo, iompaiodh an phianbhreith seo agus cuireadh e go dti Crioch Van Diemen, ar a dtugtar an Tasmain anois, go gcaithfeadh se a shaol ann. D’fhag se fiire agus m fhillfeadh se riamh aris.
In 1852, d’ealaigh Meagher on Tasmain agus bhain se Nua-Eabhrach amach agus failte laoich a cur roimhe.Go gceann 10 mbliana, ba dhhodoir, foilsitheoir, oraidi agus duine mor le ra e.
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I gcaitheamh a shaol sach gearr - fuair se bas ag aois 43 bliain - rinneadh reabhloidi ceiliurtha agus loach Chogadh Cathartha Mheiricea de agus ba bhunaitheoir an ‘Meiriceanachas Eireannach’ e. Rinneadh Briogaidire-Ghinearal de san Arm agus bhi se i gceannas ar ‘an 69U Trodach’
- banna 1,200 fear a thug faoi chath agus craobh ghlas a caitheamh acu ina hatai ag Fredericksburg, Maryland, an 13 Mean Fomhair 1862. Nior thug ach 280 fear a gcosa leo ar cheann de na laithreacha catha b’flhuilti i gCogadh Cathartha Mheiricea. Bhronn an tUachtaran John F. Kennedy bratach ‘an 69U Trodach’ - bratach Bhriogaid na hEireann - ar mhuintir na hEireann nuair a thug se cuairt ar Eirinn i 1963 100 bliain ina dhiaidh sin, mar aitheantas ar a misneach agus a ngaisciocht. Meabhraionn an ghearrthog fise i rith shearmanas a lae inniu an tabhacht a bhain leis an eachtra stairiuil seo.
In his relatively short life - he died aged just 43 - Meagher became a celebrated revolutionary, American civil war hero and the father o f ‘Irish Americanism’. He became a renowned Brigadier General in the Army and led the ‘Fighting 69th’
- a band o f 1,200 men who went into battle wearing a green sprig in their hats at Fredericksburg, Maryland on 13th September 1862. Only 280 survived one o f the bloodiest battlefields o f the American Civil War. 100 years later, in recognition o f their bravery and heroism, President John F. Kennedy presented the flag o f the ‘Fighting 69th’ - the flag o f the Irish Brigade - to the people o f Ireland during his visit to Ireland in 1963 and the video clip shown during today’s ceremony reminds us o f the significance o f this historic occasion.
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A Brief History of our National Flag Stair Ghearr ar m Bratai Naisiunta
Although the tricolour was not forgotten as a symbol o f hoped-for union and revolution, it was little used between 1848 and 1916.
However, on Easter Monday in 1916, the Irish Tricolour re-emerged as our national symbol o f freedom and unity. The green, white and orange flag was flown from the roof o f the GPO and celebrated as a new flag for a new nation founded on peace, unity and equality. The events o f the War o f Independence and the Civil War showed that deep and bitter divisions existed among the people o f Ireland, however, the National Flag was quickly adopted by all. It was adopted as the flag o f the Irish Free State in 1922 and continued to be recognised by official usage between 1922 and 1937. On 10th September 1923, the Irish Free State joined the League o f Nations and the National Flag o f Ireland flew in Geneva alongside those o f the nations o f the world.
The Irish Tricolour was raised for the first time at the Olympic Games in July 1928, when Dr Pat O’Callaghan became the first citizen o f an independent Ireland to win a gold medal at the games in Amsterdam in the hammer event.
Ce nach ndearnadh dearmad ar an mbratach tri dhath mar shiombail den aontas agus den reabhloid a rabhthas ag suil leis, ba bheag usaid a baineadh aisti idir 1848 agus 1916.
Luan Casca i 1916, afach, thainig Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann chun tosaigh aris mar shiombail naisiunta na saoirse agus an aontais. Cuireadh an bhratach ghlas, bhan agus oraiste ar foluain ar dhion Ard-Oifig an Phoist agus rinneadh ceiliuradh ar an mbratach mar bhratach nua le haghaidh naisiun nua a bhi bunaithe ar an tsiochain, an aontacht agus an comhionannas. Thaispeain eachtrai Chogadh na Saoirse agus an Chogaidh Chathartha go raibh deighilti domhain agus teasai ann i mease mhuintir na hEireann, ach ghlac each go tapa leis an mBratach Naisiunta. Glacadh leis an mbratach mar bhratach Shaorstat na hEireann i 1922 agus leanadh leis an mbratach a aithint tri usaid oifigiuil a bhaint aisti idir 1922 agus 1937. An 10 Mean Fomhair 1923, bhi Saorstat na hEireann mar chomhalta de Chonradh na Naisiun agus cuireadh Bratach Naisiunta na hEireann ar foluain sa Ghineiv taobh le bratacha naisiuin an domhain.
Ardaiodh Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann den chead uair ag na Cluichi Oilimpeacha in Iuil 1928, nuair a bhi an Dr Pat O’Callaghan ar an gcead saoranach den tir neamhspleach chun bonn oir a bhuachan ag na cluichi in Amstardam in imeacht an chasiiir.
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The position o f the National Flag was formally confirmed by Article 6 o f the Constitution o f 1937, which states that The national f la g is the tricolour 0/green, w hite and orange ’.
The Irish Tricolour is intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped- for union o f the people o f different traditions on this island, which is now expressed in the Constitution as the entitlement o f every person born in the island o f Ireland to be part o f the Irish nation regardless o f ethnic origin, religion or political conviction.
Following from the devastating and transforming events o f World War II, Ireland joined the United Nations in 1955 and, three years later, the colours o f the Irish flag were first deployed when a small group o f Irish Defence Forces observers were sent to the Lebanon. Again, in i960, members o f the Irish Defence Forces carried the National Flag to the Congo as members o f the peacekeeping UN Force deployed there.
An Irish Tricolour travelled to the moon and back on board the Spacecraft America during the Apollo XVII mission in December 1972.
The first Irish tricolour was planted at the South Pole by a Kerryman, Mike Barry in 2004.
Dheimhnigh Airteagal 6 de Bhunreacht na bliana 1937 staid na Bratai Naisiunta, ina luaitear ‘An bhratach tri dhath .i. uaine, ban a g u sfla n n b h u i, an suaitheantas na'isiunta’.
Ta Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann ceaptha bheith ina siombail de chuimsiu muintireacha de thraidisiuin eagsula ar an oilean seo, agus aontu na muintireacha siud a rabhthas ag suil leis, a leiritear anois sa Bhunreacht mar an teidhocht ata ag gach duine a rugadh ar oilean na hEireann chun bheith mar chuid de naisiun na hEireann gan aird ar bhunadh eitneach no ar dhaorbhreith reiligiunach no pholaitiuil.
I ndiaidh imeachtai millteacha agus claochlaithe an Dara Cogadh Domhanda, chuaigh Eire leis na Naisiuin Aontaithe i 1955 agus, tri bliana ina dhiaidh sin, baineadh usaid as bratach na hEireann den chead uair nuair a cuireadh grupa beag d’Fhorsai Cosanta na hEireann go dti an Liobain. Aris eile, i i960, d’iompair comhaltai Fhorsai Cosanta na hEireann an Bhratach Naisiunta go dti an Congo mar chomhaltai d’Fhorsa na Naisiun Aontaithe a bhi imlonnaithe ann chun an tsiochain a choimead.
Thaistil Bratach Tri Dhath na hEireann go dti an ghealach agus ar ais ar bord Spasarthach Meiriceanach i rith mhisean Apollo XVII i Nollaig 1972.
Chuir an Ciarraioch, Mike Barry chead bhratach tri dhath na hEireann ag an bPol Theas in 2004.
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Today, every sunrise and sunset, the National Flag is raised and lowered by members o f the Defence Forces on the roof top o f Government buildings in a silent, brief and very poignant ceremony.
Throughout 2016, there are many ceremonies and projects taking place to mark the significance o f the National Flag in our history and culture in the 100 years since the Rising. The 1916 Centenary Programme opened on 1st January 2016 with a special flag-raising ceremony in Dublin Castle and the tricolour is being raised every day during 2016 outside o f the GPO on O’Connell Street. Since the launch o f the National Flag Initiative in September 2015, members o f the Defence Forces have visited over 3,300 national schools to present each one with the National Flag and a copy o f the 1916 Proclamation.
Deanann comhaltai na bhForsai Cosanta an Bhratach Naisiunta a ardu agus isliu inniu ar eiri agus lui na greine ar dhion fhoirgnimh an Rialtais le searmanas ciuin, gearr agus an-chorraitheach.
I gcaitheamh 2016, is iomai searmanas agus tionscadal a bheidh ag titim amach chun suntas a thabhairt don tabhacht a bhaineann leis an mBratach Naisiunta inar stair agus ar gcultur i gcaitheamh na 100 bliain o tharla an tEirf Amach. Cuireadh tus le Clar Comortha Cead Bliain 1916 ar an 1 Eanair 2016 le searmanas speisialta ardaithe bratai i gCaislean Bhaile Atha Cliath agus beidh an bhratach tri dhath a hardu gach la i rith 2016 lasmuigh d’Ard-Oifig an Phoist ar Shraid Uf Chonaill. O seoladh Tionscnamh na Bratai Naisiunta i Mean Fomhair 2015, thug comhaltai na bhForsai Cosanta cuairt ar bhreis agus 3,300 scoil naisiunta chun an Bhratach Naisiunta agus coip d’Fhorogra 1916 a bhronnadh ar gach ceann diobh.
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How can you be an Ambassador for our National Flag? Conas is feidir leatsa bheith i d’Ambasadoir dar mBratach Naisiunta?
Proclamation Day will be a very special day in the 1916 Centenary Programme and you are all invited!
On Tuesday, 15th March 2016, every school is invited to raise the National Flag in a special ceremony on Proclamation Day, followed by a reading o f the 1916 Proclamation. This will be a very special occasion for your school, to be shared with your families, friends and communities. Every school is invited to create their own unique and meaningful day, which could include music or drama, exhibitions o f art work as well as opportunities to share the results o f the various projects completed in your school to commemorate this significant centenary.
The themes for Proclamation Day are;
Remembering our history and in particular the events o f 1916;
Reflecting on our achievements as a Republic over the past 100 years; and
Reimagining our future for coming generations.
Here are some ideas and resources which teachers and students might find helpful as you consider your plans for Proclamation Day:
La an-speisialta a bheidh i La an Fhorogra i gClar Comortha Cead Bliain 1916 agus tugtar cuireadh daoibh go leir!
De Mairt, an 15 Marta 2016, tugtar cuireadh do gach scoil chun an Bhratach Naisiunta a ardu le linn searmanas speisialta ar La an Fhorogra. Leifear Forogra 1916 i ndiaidh an tsearmanais. Ocaid an-speisialta a bheidh anseo le haghaidh do scoile, agus ba cheart freastal ar an ocaid le do theaghlach, cairde agus pobail. Tugtar cuireadh do gach scoil chun a la fein uathuil agus brfoch a chruthu, a bhfeadfadh ceol no drama, taispeantais saothair ealame a bheith i gceist, anuas ar dheiseanna chun torthaf na dtionscadal eagsuil a criochnaiodh i do scoil a roinnt chun comoradh a dheanamh ar an gcuimhneachan tabhachtach cead bliain seo.
Is iad seo na teamai le haghaidh La an Fhorogra;
Cuimhneamh ar ar stair agus ar imeachtai 1916 ach go hairithe;
Athmhachnamh a dheanamh ar an meid a bhaineamar amach mar Phoblacht le 100 bliain anuas; agus
Ar dtodhchai a athshamhlu le haghaidh na gluine amach romhainn.
Seo roinnt smaointe agus acmhainnf a d’fheadfadh lamh chunta a thabhairt do mhuinteoiri agus daltai fad a dheanann tu breithniu ar do chuid pleananna le haghaidh La an Fhorogra:
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Teachers can view the extensive information and supports available in relation to 1916 related events and initiatives for schools on scoilnet.ie.In particular, there is a guidance note about Proclamation Day - w ww.scoilnet. ie/uploads/resources/16477/1615 3 .p d f
Students can create their own ‘Proclamation for a New Generation’ o f up to 600 words, which reflects the values, ideals and hopes o f the generation o f 2016. Each school may choose to write one for the whole school or each class can create their own Proclamation.
Schools can upload their ‘Proclamation for a New Generation’ 3.videos on our dedicated You Tube channel, for inclusion in our special compilation video. Find out more here - w w w Areland Ae/schools-proclamation
Schools can organise workshops - perhaps with groups o f 6-8 students, with one o f them acting as facilitator / 4.rapporteur - to consider what activities or events might take place on Proclamation Day, and what else might be done over the course o f the year to mark the centenary.
1. Feadfaidh muinteoiri amharc ar an bhfaisneis agus na tacaiochtai fairsinge ata ar fail maidir le himeachtai agus tionscnaimh a bhaineann le 1916 ar scoilnet.ie Go hairithe, ta nota treorach faoi La an Fhorogra ar fail ag www.scoilnet.iel uploads/resources/16477/1615 3 .p d f
2. Feadfaidh daltai a leagan fein de ‘Forogra le haghaidh Gliiin Nua’ a mheid le 600 focal a chruthu, a leirionn luachanna, ideil agus dochas ghluin 2016. Feadfaidh gach scoil a roghmi chun forogra a scrfobh don scoil iomlan no feadfaidh gach rang a bhForogra fein a chruthu.
Feadfaidh scoileanna a bhfiseain ‘Forogra le haghaidh Gluin Nua’ a uaslodail chuig ar gcaineal tiomnaithe YouTube, go gcuimseofar iad inar bhfisean speisialta bailithe. Is feidir teacht ar bhreis faisneise anseo - w w w .Ireland.ie/schools-proclamation
Feadfaidh scoileanna ceardlanna a eagrii - ina bhfuil griipaf 6-8 ndalta, mar shampla, agus ina ngmomhaionn duine diobh mar eascaitheoir/ rapoirteir - go ndeanfaidh siad breithniu ar cen gmomhaiochtai no imeachtaf a d’fheadfadh titim amach ar La an Fhorogra, agus cad eile a d’fheadfai a dheanamh i gcaitheamh na bliana chun an comoradh cead bliain a thabhairt chun suntais.
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Before Proclamation Day, students could write essays on what kind of legacy they might like to see emerge from this special centenary year.
This is a great opportunity for schools to showcase the creative talents o f their students by exhibiting the results o f their Proclamation and/or Ancestry Projects, giving them a platform to perform short pieces o f drama or music performances inspired by their work on the Proclamation.
On Proclamation Day itself, schools might like to invite two pupils to make a personal presentation to their assembly, to say what 1916 and 2016 mean to them.
Schools might like to invite their local authority 2016 co-ordinator to visit their school to talk about what is happening to commemorate the centenary o f the 1916 Easter Rising in the county - see w w w .irelan d.iel events! local-authority-co-ordiriators for the full list o f co-ordinators.
5. Roimh La an Fhorogra, d’fheadfadh daltai aisti a scrfobh ar cen saghas leagaide a bhfeadfaidis bheith ag suil lena eascairt as an mbliain speisialta chomortha.
6. Deis iontach 1 seo do scoileanna chun taispeantas a dheanamh de thallanna cruthaitheacha a ndaltai tri thorthaia dTionscadal faoi La an Fhorogra agus/no Sinsearachta a thaispeaint, a thugann ardan doibh chun pfosaf gearra dramafochta no chun pfosaf ceoil a sheinm a spreagann a gcuid oibre ar an bhForogra.
7. Ar La an Fhorogra fein, b’fheidir go dtabharfaidh scoileanna cuireadh do bheirt daltai chun cur i lathair pearsanta a dheanamh da dtionol, lena insint cad ata i gceist le 1916 agus 2016 doibh fein.
8. B’fheidir gur mian le scoileanna cuireadh a thabhairt do chomhordaitheoir 2016 a n-udarais aitiuil chun caint faoin meid ata ag tarlu chun comoradh a dheanamh ar chomoradh cead bliain Eirf Amach na Casca 1916 sa t ir - feach w w w .irelan d, ie/events/local-authority-co-ordinators chun teacht ar an liosta iomlan comhordaitheoiri.
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The Thomas F. Meagher Foundation Fonduireacht Thomas F. Meagher
FLAG WEEK 10-17MARCH 2016
The Thomas F. Meagher 2016 Flag Week will run from 10th - 17th March, inspiring our young people to promote pride in and respect for the Irish Flag and its meaning for peace in their community, village, town or city. Flag Week will give second level schools across Ireland the opportunity to learn about the history o f the Irish Flag and to raise funds for charities. Registered Schools have been furnished with fundraising packs to include lapel badges, stickers, posters and supporting materials so that they can initiate their fundraising campaigns for their chosen charity or project. The money raised will go directly to the project o f the schools and students choosing. The Thomas F. Meagher Foundation has produced a special newspaper supplement about the history of the National Flag, which will be published by the Irish Independent on 14th March, the day before Proclamation Day.
SEACHTAIN NA BRATAI, 10 -17 MARTA 2016
Seachtain na Bratai, on 10 go dti an 17 Marta 2016. Beidh Seachtain Bhratai Thomas F. Meagher 2016 ar siul on 10 go dti an 17 Marta. Tabharfaidh Seachtain na Bratai spreagadh do dhaoine oga chun idir bhrod agus mheas a chur chun cinn i leith Bhratach na hEireann agus an chiall ata leis an mbratach i dtaobh na siochana de ina bpobal, sraidbhaile, baile no cathair. Cuirfidh Seachtain na Bratai an deis ar fail do scoileanna dara leibheal ar fud na hEireann chun foghlaim faoi stair Bhratach na hEireann agus chun cisti a thiomsu do charthanais. Tabharfar pacai tiomsaithe airgid do Scoileanna Claraithe, ina mbeidh suaitheantais bhrollaigh, greamain, postaeir agus abhair thacaiochta ionas gur feidir leo tus a chur lena bhfeachtais tiomsaithe airgid da gcarthanas no tionscadal roghnaithe. Rachaidh an t-airgead a thiomsaftear go direach chun tairbhe thionscadal roghnaithe na ndaltai agus na scoile. Ta forlionadh speisialta nuachtain eisithe ag an Thomas F. Meagher Foundation maidir le stair na Bratai Naisiunta, a fhoilseofar san Irish Independent ar an 14U Marta, an la roimh La an Fhorogra.
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THOMAS F. MEAGHER FOUNDATION AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
This programme was officially launched by President Michael D. Higgins in Waterford on 12th March 2015. The Foundation's Awards and Scholarship Programme, in association with the Kerry Group, recognises outstanding students who have promoted pride in and respect for the National Flag and its message o f peace and who are active citizens in their communities. Winning schools will be awarded a scholarship from one o f our 7 University Education Partners.
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The Thomas F. Meagher Foundation would like to sincerely thank all o f its partners, patrons and the members o f its Honorary Advisory Board for their ongoing support - further details can be found on the foundation’s website w ww.tfm foundation.ie
CLAR DAMHACHTAINI AGUS SCOLAIREACHTA FHONDUIREACHT THOMAS F. MEAGHER
Rinne an tUachtaran Micheal D. O hUigfnn an clar seo a sheoladh go hoifigiuil i bPort Lairge an 12 Marta 2015. Deanann Clar Damhachtaim agus Scolaireachta na Fonduireachta, i gcomhar le Kerry Group, sar-dhaltai a aithint a rinne brod agus meas a leiriu ar an mBratach Naisiunta agus a chuir teachtaireacht siochana na brataf chun cinn agus daoine a aithint ata ina saoranaigh ghmomhacha ina bpobail. Bronnfar scolaireacht ar scoileanna buaiteacha o cheann amhain dar 7 gComhphairtf Oideachas Ollscoile.
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