COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 14, 2019

MOTION NO. 12

MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons

That this council stand for a Minutes silence in remembrance of the start of the Irish war of Independence (21 January 1919 – 11 July 1921 (2 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 6 days), We remember all those who lost their lives and to ask that the Chief Executive issues a report for discussion into what way SDCC will mark this important centenary upto 2021 and what way the People who fought in the war from SDCC will be remembered.

REPORT:

If this Motion is passed, the Council will stand for a minute silence.

It is the Council's intention to mark the centenary of the first Dáil on 21st January 2019 in the County Library, Tallaght with a poster style display. Council libraries are also investigating the possibility of hosting this display and holding talks on the first Dáil early in the new year. Council libraries have already produced a Decade of Centenaries school pack that deals with the War of Independence and Civil War which the Council will circulate again to schools. 

Further events will be planned and circulated to elected members as they are finalised over the coming period.