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Kildare people encouraged to wear the Easter Lily with pride
The people of Kildare are being encouraged to wear the Easter Lily with pride to mark the 108th Anniversary of the Easter Rising.
Aontú’s Melissa Byrne, who will stand in the Newbridge LEA for the upcoming local elections, said, “We wear the Easter Lily to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising and all the men and women who gave so much for Irish Independence and Freedom. We wear the Lily to honour their enormous sacrifice and to focus on the ideals and objectives that they fought for.
“Not all those objectives have been achieved and we need to work harder, together, to ensure that they are. Democratic Irish Independence, economic justice and to cherish all the children of the nation equally; that’s what our brave heroes called for as they struck that fateful blow for our freedom in 1916. The ideals of our wonderful men and women who took on a powerful Empire in 1916 are shared by Aontú and we are working tirelessly every day to bring them to reality”.
“All of us owe all the men and women who lit the flame for our freedom as a country, our deepest gratitude. Show it by wearing the Easter Lily”.
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