1916 Dress Up Day On Wednesday, March 16th, We all dressed up in clothes from 1916. We played games from that era and attended an Irish music and dance recital in the school hall.

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1916 Commemoration Day, 15/03/2016

On Tuesday, March 15th, Our school celebrated the raising of our Irish Flag which was presented to us in October. We held many events to celebrate this great day of commemoration. We started the day with our Flag Raising Ceremony. Next on our agenda was a commemoration ceremony in our school hall. This celebrated the events of Easter 1916 through drama, poetry and song. Next on our agenda was our annual Ceili. Following this we had a tree planting ceremony. Our day concluded with the lowering of our National Flag.Our notice boards have all been decorated with our 1916 projects and with our lovely St. Patrick's Day art.

Here are some images which capture the excitement of the day.

Flag Raising Ceremony
Commemoration Ceremony
Ceili
Tree Planting Ceremony
Our Projects

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Flag Raising Ceremony

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Commemoration Ceremony

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Ceili 2016

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Tree Planting Ceremony

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Presentation of Irish Flag to Breaffy N.S.

On Wednesday, October 7th, two members of the Defence Forces visited our school. They presented Jake and Jack with the Irish Flag and with a copy of the Proclamation. Jake and Jack's Grandad also spoke to us about 1916. He showed us a medal from 1916. Susan read part of the proclamation and some children from 6th class read out the names of all the pupils who attended Breaffy N.S. in 1916. We will have our flag raising ceremony on March 15th, 2016. Here are some pictures from the ceremony.

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