Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa commemoration kicks off Easter Rising centenary season

The first of more than 40 events to mark the Easter Rising has taken place with the commemoration 100 years to the day of the funeral of revolutionary Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa.

Best known for the graveside oration by Padraig Pearse, the Fenian’s burial on August 1, 1915, is widely regarded as a rallying cry for republicanism and an armed struggle against British rule in Ireland.