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On Monday March 14^th Third year students, under the leadership of Commandant Ian Harrington, participated in a

Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin

Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin

formal ceremony to raise the tricolour at St Brendan’s.

Beginning with the formation of a guard of honour, an army piper, Sgt Noel McCarthy led the colour party Luke Moynihan and Daniel Keane. Peter O Sullivan then read a reflection on the life of Thomas Francis Meagher (the man who designed and flew the first Irish Tricolour in Waterford on March 7^th 1841)

Following the raising of the flag, Adam O Connor (1^st year) led Amhrán na bhFiann after which James Knoblauch and James Lynch read the Proclamation.

As is evident from the photograph the tricolour flew beautifully throughout the ceremony. – Well done all!