THE 1916 Proclamation will be read by the well-known actor, Dominic West in Ballybunion this weekend, in a commemoration to honour three north Kerry men who died in the Rising.

The actor who is famous for his roles in The Wire and The Affair will be at Scoil Iosagáin, Ballybunion on Saturday, April 2 at 4pm where Michael Mulvihill (Ballyduff), The O’Rahilly (Ballylongford), and Patrick Shortis (Ballybunion), who all died in the Rising will be commemorated.

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Speakers will include, Judge Richard Johnson- Nephew of Patrick Shortis; Michael Mulvihill  – Grandnephew of Michael Mulvihill and Ruth Sweetman – Granddaughter of The O’Rahilly. There will be a Mass at 7.30pm and everybody is welcome.

Dominic West has already been featured on RTE this week reading poems by WB Yeats in Bob Geldof’s documentary on the poet and 1916. He is married to daughter of the last Knight of Glin and visited Ballybunion a couple of years ago where he enjoyed a seaweed bath and an ice-cream in Sundaes.