This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM

Sinn Féin is running an extensive Easter Commemoration programme across Galway

The party says Easter is a special time for Irish Republicans, and especially in Galway which was one of the principal areas involved in 1916

They’re inviting the public to attend the events which get underway this evening and run until Easter Monday

At 6 this evening there will be a wreath laying at Thomas & Hubert Collins’ Grave in Cloughanover, followed at 6.20 by a wreath laying at William Walsh’s Grave in Killursa Cemetery and at 6.40 there will be a wreath laying at Louis D’Arcy’s Grave in Carrigan Cemetery, Clydagh

In Oranmore at 7 this evening there will be a wreath laying at the Joe Howley Statue

We’ll bring you details of the other days commemorations as they happen