Easter 1916 legacy to be discussed

The legacy of the 1916 Easter Rising will be discussed today at the Parnell Summer School in Co Wicklow.

The legacy of the 1916 Easter Rising will be discussed today at the Parnell Summer School in Co Wicklow.

The annual five-day event continues until tomorrow in Avondale House - the ancestral home of Charles Stewart Parnell.

The topic "Commemorating 1916 - Remembering and Forgetting" will be discussed today by a panel of academics from both sides of the Border.

The Summer School is focusing this year's theme on changes in Irish culture, society and politics.

Parnell's supporters began hosting the Summer School in 1991 to mark the centenary of his death.

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