I have no Irish ancestry that I know of. I wasn't moved by this article at all. However, I did greatly resonate with this comment below the article. "The Rep

I have no Irish ancestry that I know of. I wasn't moved by this article at all. However, I did greatly resonate with this comment below the article. "The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and all of its parts, cherishing all of the children of the nation equally” It's interesting that the concepts of equal rights and equal opportunity no longer exist. The last 5 or so years have seen a great shift to Political Correctness and gender based quotas (eg. Code.org). This is achieved through reverse discrimination (which is code for blatant sexism). I'm not actually sure why the world should recognise this day among many other significant historical events. Australians remember the Eureka Stockade but I would not expect the world to show much interest. Whether or not the Irish should care is another matter. I don't know enough about Irish culture to compare this to significant events like the great potato famine or The Troubles (Catholics vs Protestants), but I can see why it isn't getting much attention.