Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, O'Donovan Rossa, State Commemoration of the funeral of, 2015 (printed material/ephemeral)
TitleDepartment of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, O'Donovan Rossa, State Commemoration of the funeral of, 2015 (printed material/ephemeral)
RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services
ReferenceGS15/04
Date2015-08-01
Production date 2015-08-01
Scope and Content
Commemorative booklet issued for centenary of the funeral of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, and Programme of the State event held at Glasnevin Cemetery on 1 August 2015.
The commemorative booklet is a reprint of the souvenir booklet produced for the funeral held in Dublin on August 1st 1915. It includes several essays, such as A Character Study (by P. H Pearse), The Influence of Fenianism (by Arthur Griffith), The Obsequies and Funeral Ceremonies, and Graveside Panegyric (Pearse's graveside oration), together with photographs of the funeral. The bi-lingual programme for the State Ceremony also includes a photograph taken at the funeral in 1915 together with brief background detail on some of those depicted.
Extent2 Items
Persons keyword Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Fenians, Irish Republican Brotherhood
SubjectFunerals
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