{"id":37857,"date":"2025-04-21T08:33:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/37857\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T08:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:33:23","slug":"large-crowds-turn-out-for-belfast-easter-rising-commemoration-parades-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/37857\/","title":{"rendered":"Large crowds turn out for Belfast Easter Rising commemoration parades \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of republicans have taken part in parades across Belfast to mark the 109th anniversary of the 1916 Easter rising.<\/p>\n

The largest turn out was in west Belfast where a succession of parades made their way around the Falls Road.<\/p>\n

\"TheChildren pet the Irish Wolfe hounds during The National Graves Association Easter Sunday Parade from Beechmount Avenue to Milltown cemetery in West Belfast. PICTURE COLM LENAGHAN <\/p>\n

These included the annual National Graves Association Belfast procession from Beechmount Avenue to Milltown Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Up to 1,500 participants and 5,000 supporters were expected at the annual event, which is supported by Sinn F\u00e9in.<\/p>\n

\"1916<\/a>\"Large<\/a>\"TheThe Irish Republican Socialist Easter Commemoration Committee parade on Easter Sunday in west Belfast.
\nPICTURE COLM LENAGHAN <\/p>\n

Later in the day members of the Worker\u2019s Party and their supporters also made their way along the Falls Road from Beechmount Avenue to the nearby cemetery for their annual commemoration.<\/p>\n

Several bands had earlier taken part in an IRSP linked parade from Dunville Park to Milltown.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe National Graves Association Easter Sunday Parade from Beechmount Avenue to Milltown cemetery in West Belfast. PICTURE COLM LENAGHAN <\/p>\n

At the other end of the Falls Road republicans took part in a parade organised by the Falls Cultural Society as it made its way from Barrack Street to the Garden of Remembrance in the lower Falls.<\/p>\n

Some of those involved were former \u2018D\u2019 Company ex-prisoners along with supporters.<\/p>\n

\"FallsFalls Cultural Society parade along the Falls Road in West Belfast.
\nPICTURE COLM LENAGHAN <\/p>\n

Elsewhere in Belfast republican feud victim Sean O\u2019Reilly is understood to have attended a commemoration organised by Republican Network for Unity at Milltown Cemetery on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Reilly was shot twice as he sat in his parked taxi in the Bell Steel Manor area of Dunmurry in February.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe National Graves Association Easter Sunday Parade from Beechmount Avenue to Milltown cemetery in West Belfast. PICTURE COLM LENAGHAN <\/p>\n

The shooting comes after months of escalating tensions linked to dissident group \u00d3glaigh na h\u00c9ireann (\u00d3NH)<\/p>\n

Members of RNU had gathered at a monument put in place by the group in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe National Graves Association Easter Sunday Parade from Beechmount Avenue to Milltown cemetery in West Belfast. PICTURE COLM LENAGHAN <\/p>\n

It is understood a rival faction also held a short commemoration at the same site on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Both factions also took part in a series of low key events across the north over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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