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Station event to commemorate Eamonn Ceannt

When

Friday, June 17, 2016, 11:00

Where

Ceannt Station, Galway

Tickets

No booking required

A special event will be hosted to remember Eamonn Ceannt, after whom Galway Station was renamed in 1966.

The event will take place at Ceannt Station on Friday 17 June at 11am as part of Iarnród Éireann's 1916 commemoration programme, in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy, OPW and Ireland 2016.

The event will be addressed by the Mayor of Galway City and Jim Higgins, Heritage Officer, Galway City Council.

Light refreshments will be served. All welcome.

Eamonn Ceannt features in our recent publication 1916 Portraits and Lives, edited by James Quinn and Lawrence White, and illustrated by David Rooney.

Future station events:

  • 25 June - Plunkett Station, Waterford
  • 5 July - Mallin Station, Dun Laoghaire
  • 9 July - O'Hanrahan Station, Wexford
  • 16 July - Daly Station, Bray
  • 25 July - MacDiarmada Station, Sligo
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