Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme offers a unique opportunity to celebrate the Irish language, to remember its legacy from 1916 and to re-imagine its future. Since the Irish language was central to the 1916 ideal of an independent sovereign Ireland, the language will play a key role in the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. 

The University of Notre Dame will play a major role in the international celebration of the centenary of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising, which was announced Tuesday (March 31) in Dublin by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.