The 1916 Centenary Memorial sub-committee of Mullingar Tidy Towns (front from left) Cllr Bill Collentine, chairperson of the Tidy Towns committee, and mayor of Mullingar; and Jason McKevitt, historian; (back) Tomas Nally, Eamon McGowan and Ger O’Connor.

Annual Commemoration at 1916 Centenary Memorial

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In keeping with the spirit of the Irish Government’s Decade of Centenaries acts of remembrance, Mullingar Tidy Towns held its Annual Easter Ceremony of Remembrance at the Mullingar 1916 Centenary Memorial.

This memorial was unveiled on Easter Monday 2017 by the 1916 Centenary Memorial Sub-committee of Mullingar Tidy Towns, in memory of all the men and women of Mullingar and beyond who served the nation during the revolutionary period of Irish history.

This year, 2021, is a significantly historic year in which a number of centenaries will occur, including the centenary of the truce and ending the Irish War of Independence on July 11, and the centenary of signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on December 6.

As part of this ceremony of remembrance, the National Flag of Ireland was raised from half mast to full mast by the chairperson of Mullingar Tidy Towns and the mayor of Mullingar, Cllr Bill Collentine, who said: “The raising of the new flag here today symbolises the hope we all hold for the future during the current pandemic.”

In keeping with the current Covid-19 government restrictions and guidelines, this was a low key ceremony and only the Mullingar Tidy Towns 1916 Centenary Memorial sub-committee were in attendance, adhering strictly to social distancing.

For that reason, the ceremony lasted for five minutes.

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