Letter to the Times As a passionate enthusiast of history, my past and an amateur gemologist , I am extremely distraught and saddened by the recent revelations of our Elected Public Representatives not being proactive in their approach and plans to fund and support the 1916 Rising 100 year Commemoration. The 1916 Rising was the catalyst that spurred one of our most important events in history Independence from the then British Empire. Following the 1916 Relatives association AGM on the 12-Oct hosted by the OCallaghan Hotel Group at the Alexander Hotel, there is a serious and imminent requirement for Our Government to act now to ensure that Ireland can show the world that we honour, and remember our brave forefathers who fought to provide this current blanket of freedom. The irony is, the current government would not have a role or job for that matter if our relatives did not organise, plan and support (financially and physically) the 1916 Easter Rising. As part of this commemoration, Ireland should be preserving our historical values to allow our future generations and future visitors to Ireland to understand learn and value independence. One key element to remembering and commemorating the our brave Irish men and women is by retaining and preserving the Moore Street Terrace Battlefield. This has the potential to be our historical monument to the 1916 Easter Rising but also a museum of memorabilia, facts and artefacts that could be shared with millions of people both now and into the future. The commemoration of 1916 is of key important but the legacy of this event is also critical. We should nominate a day of commemoration annually for Irelands Independence Day, this would also generate revenue coming to Ireland were our overseas family and friends can take the opportunity to bring their families home to celebrate this long overdue commemoration of our independence. The dual concept of b oth a schedule of planned events and a monumental museum can benefit Ireland now and into the future both commemoratively and financially. In my opinion, the following sectors would benefit and a snowball event to various other areas: Tourism: internal and external visitors Education: Current and Future generations visiting and learning Job creation: through management of this 1916 Moore Street Terrace Museum and expansion of the organisations that are setting up in Ireland like Ancestery who are eager to build their database of information. Museum Depository : potential invaluable documents and artefacts can be shared and or donated to allow our past survive not just on the pages of a history book at school but to experience it through real stories, real documents of the real people who made it happen. After attending a recent event in Dublin Back to our Past I was overwhelmed by the amount of people over 3 days that were trying to track or trace any small part of their past. In Ireland, we have very limited data to validate future generations inquisitive minds due the fire in 1922. It is crucial to support any opportunity for rare papers to be shared and documented to fill the gaps of history that we lost. I urge the Government, the historical trusts, the local county councils, the people of Ireland to support this vital commemoration and monument to our heroic forefathers whose vision and passion was to give an independent Ireland, lets show them we have used our independence well! Adrienne Roche Proud to be Irish Non political
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:31:13 +0000
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