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25 April 2016

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In photos: Reclaim the Vision of 1916 rally

The Cloney Flute Band from County Antrim on the march in Pearse Street

TENS of thousands of people, including flute and pipe bands, community groups, political parties, trade unions, international organisations and campaigners marched through the centre of Dublin to the GPO on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

The march was organised by Reclaim the Vision of 1916 – a broad-based citizens' initiative.

1916 Easter Rising in Dublin

Banners with excerpts of the Proclamation were carried on the march

Eire Nua RFB West Belfast

Members of the Éire Nua Republican Flute Band from West Belfast take part in the commemoration

Romanian Community remember 1916

Members of Ireland's Romanian community remember 1916

Colly Radford

Cully Radford leads the Tomás Mac Curtain/Terence Mac Swiney Republican Flute Band from Cork city

Kevin Barry RFB

Many bands from Scotland made the journey to Dublin to take part in the festivities – including the Volunteer Kevin Barry RFB from Glasgow

Palestinians remember

Martina Anderson MEP, Chairperson of the European Parliament's delegation to Palestine, marches alongside Palestinian activists at the Reclaim the Vision of 1916 event in Dublin

Travellers remember 1916

Members of Ireland's Travelling community mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Easter Rising

Louise Leonard

A colour party leads the Louis Leonard Sinn Féin cumann from south Fermanagh on the march

Wessex remembers 1916

Trade unions from across Ireland, as well as Scotland, Wales and England – including the pictured Wessex branch of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers – took part in the commemoration

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