1916 Centenary Commemorative Medal commemorations programme. The medal is based on the 1916 Medal which was awarded to those who rendered recognised military service during the week of 23 April 1916. The project to deliver a National Flag to all primary schools in the Republic of Ireland was conducted between September 2015 and March 2016 and involved 10,000 Defence Forces personnel visiting 3,200 schools and presenting them with a handmade National Flag and a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. The Easter Rising centenary parade at the General Post Office, Dublin (GPO) included 2,800 members of the Defence Forces and a display
Octave of Easter Missal, which called this Sunday the Second Sunday of Easter. In the third edition of this Missal, promulgated in 2000 but published only in 2002, the Sunday took what is now its official name: "Second Sunday of Easter or of Divine Mercy". In Anglican churches, the Second Sunday of Easter is widely known as Low Sunday, both because rituals are lower than they were the week before, on Easter Day, and because church attendance is usually a fraction of what it was on the feast day. Even the Churchman's Ordo Kalendar, which contains all saints' and holy days, refers to