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On the morning of March 27th, 2016, Captain Peter Kelleher, of the 27th Infantry Battalion of the Irish Defense Forces in Dundalk, left his home in County Louth early and repeated the 514 words of the 1916 Proclamation to himself on the way into Dublin, “like a mantra,” he says.
“I was quite nervous that morning, but, as I had practiced so often and delivered it so many times, felt enough had been done to mitigate against any major problem.” He was due to read the proclamation at noon sharp. That morning, Easter Sunday, an estimated 250,000 people turned out in the streets of Dublin’s city center, according to Gardaí figures, for the showcase event of Ireland’s Easter Rising centenary – a military parade past the GPO. It was, he says, a “daunting time.”
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Los Angeles area high schooler Emily Rose Flavin, 17, is an award-winning amateur competitive surfer in both short and longboard. This summer 2017 she won three longboard championships, all while riding her trademark green, white, and orange Irish tricolor board. Emily is fourth-generation Irish American with roots in Cork and Tipperary.
“I wear a lot of sunscreen,” she jokes about her heritage, adding, “My Irish temper helps me when I am competing. Ireland is surrounded by water and I basically live in the water, so I feel connected to that aspect as well.” Emily hasn’t been to Ireland yet, but has plans with her father to tour the country within the next two years and make a documentary about Ireland’s connection to surfing culture.