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Maurice Dillon, Corey O’Brien, Michelle Ward, Bernadette O’Connor and Patrick Doody at The Ashe Hotel on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean
IF you passed by the Ashe Memorial Hall or Kerry County Buildings last night you might have noticed a bit of a colour change.
The buildings were lit up blue to mark National Irish Sign Language Day. On December 14 2017, the Irish Sign Language (ISL) Act was passed by the Dáil.
This date was a momentous day as it followed years of hard work and campaigning by the Deaf community, led by the Irish Deaf Society and supported by Senator Mark Daly.
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To commemorate this milestone, the Deaf community now celebrates National ISL Day every year on that date.
Local members of the community came out to mark the event in front of The Ashe Memorial and enjoyed refreshments afterwards in The Ashe Hotel.
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