The parade commenced at 10.30am from St. Stephen's Green and made its way along Dublin before stopping at O'Connell Bridge for the main Easter Sunday Commemoration at the GPO.

The Easter Rising ceremony was attended by the President of Ireland Michael D Higgins, his wife Sabina Higgins, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Joan Burton, the Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, the Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl, the Lord Mayor of Dublin Críona Ní Dhálaigh, the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness, Former Presidents Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese and Former Taoisigh Liam Cosgrave, John Bruton, Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen.

Ahead of the ceremony, the President inspected a guard of honour from the 27th Infantry Battalion from Finner Camp in County Donegal.

This was followed by a piper's lament as children from the four provinces of Ulster, Leinster, Munster and Connacht lay daffodils around the pillars of the GPO.

After the band played Seán Ó Riada's Mise Éire, the President laid a wreath in front of the GPO in memory of those who were killed during the Rising in April 1916.