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Amended plans for a project which will bring tens of thousands of visitors to Connemara have been agreed by Galway county councillors. A cultural centre and walking trail is being built adjacent to Patrick Pearse’s Cottage in Rosmuc and is due to be completed by 2016.

No one or nothing should interfere with plans to develop the Connemara Cultural Centre at Pearse’s Cottage in Rosmuc, according to county councillors this week.

The general election of 1918 was also a plebiscite on the Easter Rising, two years previously. The Rising, and the destruction of the centre of Dublin, had been generally condemned. The Irish Parliamentary Party, under John Redmond, had been inching towards Home Rule; why bother with such violence? The belief was that the men and women of 1916 were brave, if foolhardy. Yet following the prolonged executions of the leaders, the massive round up of participants, and their imprisonment in Britain, a change of attitudes swept the country. This was perfectly illustrated in the election held on a bleak December day 1918. Sinn Féin had fielded candidates in every constituency. The campaign was vigorous and tough.

An exciting new Irish work, written by Patrick Waters, comes to Mullingar Arts Centre next Friday November 23. The Signatories 1916 is a poignant musical tribute to the seven men who put their names to what is arguably Ireland’s most historic document, the Irish Proclamation.

Galway-based television and film production company, Abú Media, is this week hosting a series of screenings in New York of the award winning series 1916 Seachtar na Cásca.

Historical attractions play a major role in ensuring that Galway is Ireland’s premier tourist destination, that is according to Galway West TD Seán Kyne.

Patrick Pearse is one of the most important figures in Irish 20th century history yet he is also one of the most maligned because he is so misunderstood.