Ballyfermot Festival staging series of community events to remember the 1916 Easter Rising

The Ballyfermot 1916 Festival will feature a secondary schools debating competition, a living flag event involving up to 200 primary school pupils, an original drama, based on the Joe Duffy book Lost Voices about children who died in the Easter Rising, a concert by the folk group The Beermats, and a ceili.

All events are being held in the Community Civic Centre.

Up to 150 students, including 15 students representing each school, will march down Ballyfermot Road for the living flag parade, on Friday, April 22, from 10.45am – 1.30pm.

Students will be split into three sections, and will be led by bag pipes from the Assumption Church.

The parade marks the beginning of a full day of events, finishing with Ballyfermot Theatre Workshop putting on production of Lost Voices.

Events are listed on the Ballyfermot 1916 Festival Facebook page.

Thursday, April 21: school’s debating final at Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre, broadcast live on Together FM (12 noon – 2pm).

Friday, April 22: The Beermats – live trad music concert at Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre, (8pm).

Living Flag Parade, from Church of the Assumption to Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre, including reading of the 1916 Proclamation, flag-raising, stories and junior céili (10.45am – 1.30pm).

Lost Voices – an original multi-media Drama by Ballyfermot Theatre Workshops in the Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre (2.30pm- 4.30pm).

Saturday, April 23: Rising Fun Colour Run – in aid of homeless in the area – starts from Church of the Assumption roundabout to the park beside Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre (2pm – 3pm).

Céilí mor – Irish dancing for all ages, Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre (8pm).

Special showings of Lost Voices by BTW will take place each day, from April 22- 24, check the festival Facebook page for details.

 

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