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Stratford Schools celebrate Proclamation Day, Tuesday, 15th March

Proclamation Day, 15th March 2016 Photo: M. Crossan, 6th Year
NEWS / 16 March 2016

On Tuesday morning, 15th March - Proclamation Day - the pupils, teaching staff (present and retired), staff and some parents from Stratford Schools, assembled out the front to celebrate the 1916 commemorations. Later in the afternoon the two schools were treated to a festival of talent at the annual Seachtain na Gaeilge concert.

Tuesday, 15th March 2016 was designated as Proclamation Day to celebrate the 2016 centenary celebrations of 1916. At 10.15am Stratford National School and Stratford College pupils, along with teachers (both present and retired), staff and parents assembled in front of the school. The 6th class pupils read the Proclamation that they wrote, followed by the raising of the National flag and singing the National anthem. It was an historic occasion captured to the full in these photos. Go to the 2015-2016 web gallery for more photos!

Read the Proclamation written by the Stratford College students during History classes, which was read out during the Seachtain na Gaeilge concert later in the afternoon of Tuesday, 15th March.

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