President Eamon de Valera formally opened The Garden of Remembrance at Parnell Square, Dublin as a memorial to those who died for Ireland.
Designed by Daithi Hanly the Garden of Remembrance was opened by President Eamon de Valera and blessed by the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Charles McQuaid at a ceremony on Easter Monday 1966.
Veterans of 1916, members of the diplomatic corps, the Lord Mayor Alderman Timmons, and the Taoiseach Sean Lemass were seated in the garden for the event.
A special cadet guard of honour, led by Lieutenant Finbar Studdart were placed on the arched granite wall at the west end of the garden. Joe Gahan a veteran of the General Post Office during Easter Week 1916 attended the ceremony on a stretcher.
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Garden of Remembrance Opened |
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00:10:33 |
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Garden of Remembrance Opened |
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Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) was broadcasting in black and white in 1966. This meant any recordings that were to be kept of commemoration events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising would only exist in black and white. Television producer Michael Johnston came up with the idea of using colour film cameras to document events of Easter Week 1966 in Dublin and around the country. These films were not intended for broadcast but purely as a record of the events of Easter Week 1966. The footage shown here is edited from film shot at the Garden of Remembrance on the 11th April 1966. |
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1916, 1966, 1960s, Easter Rising, Commemoration, Ceremony, Sculpture, Religion, Architecture |
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Dublin, Ireland |
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Wars and Conflict |
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RTÉ |
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1966 |
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Ireland |
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DF2948C |
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part/extract |
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Colour |
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Silent |
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4:3 |
