National Commemorations

National Commemorations There are three National Commemorations, either run by or attended by Óglaigh Náisiúnta Na hÉireann Teoranta, each year. They are:
La Na bhFiann: ONET's National day of Commemoration is held each year and the event commences with a parade to Arbour Hill church followed by the reading of the proclamation and a wreath laying ceremony at the burial site of the 1916 memorial (Organised by ONET). This year the commemorations took place on Sunday the 4th of April with the parade forming up outside the Company's HQ, Brú na bhFiann, in North King Street, Dublin .
	The National Day of Commemoration takes place in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on the nearest Sunday to 11th July (the date of the signing of the truce in the war of independence, 1921). This Commemoration is run by the Government of Ireland and ONET members are officially invited to the ceremonies.
The Niemba Ambush Remembrance in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, on the nearest Saturday to the actual date of that ambush (8th Nov) in the Congo . (Organised by ONET). The 2011 Niemba Commemoration, which commemorates 51 years since the ambush, takes place on Saturday the 5th of November . The ceremonies will commence with a Mass in the Garrison Church, Cathal Brugha Barracks at 12.00 hrs followed by a wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial Garden, Cathal Brugha Barracks at 12.45 hrs approx. 08 November 1960