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Easter Week April 1966 - RTÉ Commemorates 1916


 

The Children Celebrate
The Children Celebrate

A description of the previous day's children's parade. 20,000 children took part in a march from O'Connell Street to Croke Park where they watched the "Aiséirí" pageant, devised by Tomás MacAnna.

John Bowman and Breandán Ó hEithir describe the parade in O'Connell Street and some of the children give their thoughts on the events of the past week.

Programme Title:
The Children Celebrate
1st Broadcast: 18 April 1966
Clip duration: 5'03"
Commentators: John Bowman, Breandán Ó hEithir, Terry O'Sullivan and Niall Tóibín

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