VIDEO: ‘Seize the ideals of 1916’, says Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin

The last words of Padraig Pearse should be a challenge to every generation, according to one of the country’s most senior clergymen.

As thousands turned out across the country to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising, President Michael D Higgins led the annual inter-faith commemorations at Arbour Hill in Dublin.

A wreath in honour of the rebel leaders was laid in the cemetery where 14 of them are buried.