Footsteps in History: Long Road to Freedom
On Monday, 11 April 1966, the day after the fiftieth anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, the then President of Ireland, Eamon de Valera, opened the imposing Garden of Remembrance at Parnell Square in Dublin. It is dedicated to all those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish freedom. In de Valera’s words “The purpose of the garden is to remind us of the sacrifices of the past, the struggle and suffering over the centuries by which…