In pictures: The day the Rising began 100 years on
Updated / Sunday, 24 Apr 2016 22:36
Proclamation of Independence is read during an event to mark the Rising in New York
Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly speaks at an event in New York to commemorate the RisingThe events at Arbour Hill were the centrepiece of the State commemorationsLarge crowds gathered outside the GPO from early morningMany dressed in contemporary clothes from the periodPresident Higgins laid a wreath on behalf of the Irish peopleThe Defence Forces raised the tricolour on O'Connell StreetA sold-out crowd witnessed the GAA's 1916 commemorative 'Laochra' event'Laochra' involved dance, song and poetry after the National Football League finals
A procession from the church to the burial place of 14 of the executed leadersEvents took place around the country, including in Sligo (Pic: Patricia McHugh)There was a mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart at Arbour HillMarching bands from Northern Ireland, Scotland and the USA joined the parade from O'Connell St to GlasnevinThere was a concert on O'Connell Street (Pic: Oisín O'Connell)A 5km run ended at the Royal Kilmainham Hospital (Pic: Joan McHugh)There was a commemorative mass at 'Teach an Phiarsaigh', Padraig Pearse's cottageEvents also took place in New York (Pic: Jean Quinn)Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly represented the Government in New York (Pic: Jean Quinn)