Easter Rising
The Easter Rising of 1916 is commemorated every year with a military ceremony at the General Post Office in Dublin, where the Irish flag is raised and the Proclamation is read. The ceremony is solemn, the veterans are few (the last one died in 2011), and the crowd is large. The Rising is the founding myth of the modern Irish state, and the commemoration is a reminder that independence was not given. It was taken. . 2026: Apr 5. 2027: Mar 28.