The 1916 Easter Rising:
Its Causes, Its Heroes and Its Aftermath

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Cost: FREE!

Location: "The Gallery" at the H.A.R.P. Museum located on the second floor of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley at 623 Columbia St., Utica

Register: https://bit.ly/40V5UHx 

Contact: Chris Hoke at (315) 733-4228 Ext. 6 or irishccmv@gmail.com

The Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley welcomes back writer, historian, and musician Mark Sisti at 7 PM on April 23, for a presentation on Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising.

“A Terrible Beauty is Born…”

Shortly after noon on April 24, 1916, a sudden hush fell over a crowd gathered on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, as, from the steps of the General Post Office, Patrick Pearse read the Proclamation declaring Ireland’s independence from England.

Thus began one of the most glorious failures in history, the 1916 Dublin insurrection. For five days a small untrained group of schoolteachers, poets and dreamers held out against the most powerful army in the world before finally being forced to surrender.

Why was this rebellion different from the many that had been put down in the past? How did this insurrection, which was a failure in every respect, ultimately change the course of Irish history?

Find out on April 23rd at 7 p.m. when local writer and musician Mark Sisti presents a discussion on the 1916 Easter Rising, its causes, its heroes and its aftermath. 

I’m Interested… How Do I Get There?

You can attend this FREE presentation at the H.A.R.P. Museum, located on the second floor of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia St, Utica. To ensure we have enough seats, kindly register at https://bit.ly/40V5UHx, or call and leave a message at (315) 733-4228 Ext 6. All are welcome to attend this program and the museum is wheelchair accessible. 

Hope to see you there! ☘️

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