Séanna Walsh main speaker at Sinn Féin Easter Rising commemoration in Derry
Séanna Walsh will be the main speaker at Sinn Féin’s Easter Sunday commemoration in Derry at the weekend it has been confirmed.
Sinn Féin Councillor Christopher Jackson has encouraged members of the public to take part in the 110th commemoration of the Easter Rising in the city on April 5.
"Easter is a special and poignant time for republicans as we gather to remember and pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives in the pursuit of Irish freedom.
“The main address this year will be delivered by Belfast Republican Séanna Walsh who I am sure will be reflecting on the positive change that the party is driving right across Ireland and which is bringing us closer than ever to achieving the kind of Ireland that was envisaged by the men and women of 1916,” he said.
Mr. Walsh is a Belfast City Councillor, former republican prisoner and blanket protestor who announced the end of the IRA’s armed campaign in 2005.
A number of memorial events will take place at various republican monuments in Derry ahead of the main event.
“I would urge local republicans to make a special effort to attend both the main and local area commemorations in Derry and to wear the Easter Lily with pride over the Easter period in honour of the sacrifices of all of our patriot dead.”
“The main commemoration will assemble at Westland Street at 2pm.
“A number of localised ceremonies will also take place on Easter Sunday at 1.00pm . These are: Shantallow Monument (Racecourse Road) Waterside (Rose Court) and 1.30pm at Creggan (Central Drive), Bogside Brandywell (Lecky Road),” said the Waterside Councillor.