1916 letter: As today’s children raise the flag we recall leaders of a different time

Proclamation Day was a historic day for the people of Ireland, which included Flag Day ceremonies, in many of our schools including Midleton.

I attended three such events and found them most edifying, cultured, and uplifting. I compliment teachers, pupils, and school management boards on their well presented programmes, with emphasis on the Proclamation, and its importance and significance to our everyday lives and how best to care and share, for the betterment of country and people.

No doubt children will have learned about the Proclamation read by Padraig Pearse just before the rising began on 24 April 1916.