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Road to the Rising

Pictures: Thousands pack O'Connell Street for Rising event

The main thoroughfare of Dublin was pedestrianised for the event.

Ciaran and Alfreda Kavanagh, right, and K Ciaran and Alfreda Kavanagh, right, and Kathy O'Sullivan and Brian McCrory. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

TENS OF THOUSANDS of people packed Dublin’s O’Connell Street today, stepping back in time to 1915.

The RTÉ Road to The Rising event was designed to Irish people that the Easter Rising “did not happen in a bubble”.

An extensive programme of talks and entertainment, coupled with warm weather, saw O’Connell Street packed as it was pedestrianised.

Claire Byrne from Dundalk is pictured tak Claire Byrne from Dundalk. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

Ciaran Oman and three-year-old Aoife from Ciaran Oman and three-year-old Aoife from Lucan, Dublin on the carousel. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

Ause Abdelhaq from Clonmel, Tipperary is Ause Abdelhaq from Clonmel, Tipperary is pictured getting a trim from Christian Hoey from the Waldorf Barbor Shop. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

Hannah Crowley from Kildare and Ronan Car Hannah Crowley from Kildare and Ronan Carey from Balbriggan are 'getting married'. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

Easter Monday 1916 Rising plaque comme Theresa Brady, Anna McKenna and Lee Duff take part in the Role Of Women event. Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

Tom Connolly from Kildare takes part in t Tom Connolly from Kildare. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

Pictured is the crowd taking part in the O'Connell Street packed out. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

Read: Military ceremony commemorates those who died in 1916 Rising

QUIZ: How well do you remember your school Easter Rising lessons?

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