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Easter Week April 1966 - RTÉ Commemorates 1916


April 1966 Schedule

| Sun 10 | Mon 11 | | Tues 12 | Wed 13 | Thurs 14 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 |
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RTV Guide, 8 April 1966 -  Easter Week Commemoration Edition Cuimhneachain 1916 - GPO Insurrection
Nora Connolly O'Brien President de Valera lays wreath at Kilmainham Gaol

RTÉ schedules on both radio and television for the week of the commemoration were dominated by two major elements: live coverage of the 1966 ceremonies and programming that sought to recreate or reflect on the events of 1916.

Overall, RTÉ broadcast more than fifty-three hours of material devoted to the Rising and its commemoration that week.

All the commemorative events were televised. Three extra Outside Broadcasting Units were hired by RTÉ for the occasion.

More than thirty-one hours of radio were broadcast, including reminiscences by veteran survivors, historical plays and specially commissioned music programmes. All of the official commemorative ceremonies were broadcast live on Radio Éireann.

The following pages list the programmes on Telefís Éireann and Radio Éireann which formed part of the special commemorative schedule for Easter Week 1966.


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