The national flag and a copy of the 1916 Proclamation were presented at a recent ceremony at Scoil Mhuire Lourdes Boys N.S., Carrigaline.
Among those attending were Simon Coveney, T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine and Defence and Vice-Admiral Mark Mellett, Chief of Staff, Defence Forces.

Simon Coveney, T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food, the Marine and Defence, and Lt. Elizabeth Barrett, Irish Naval Service, meeting pupils after the presentation of the national flag and a copy of the 1916 Proclamation ceremony at Scoil Mhuire Lourdes Boys N.S., Carrigaline.
Picture: Denis Minihane.

CPO Damien Murphy, Irish Naval Service, reading the Proclamation during the presentation of the national flag and a copy of the 1916 Proclamation ceremony at Scoil Mhuire Lourdes Boys N.S., Carrigaline. Also in picture are Lt. Elizabeth Barrett, Irish Naval Service; TPR Bryan O’Dwyer, Collins Barracks, and pupil Billy Cronin.
Picture: Denis Minihane.