UN International Day of Peace in Dublin Castle 2012- Setting the Record

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This is an edited version of the live web-cast on the celebration of the U.N. International Day of Peace on Friday, 21st September 2012. Produced by Seamus Callagy, with Finbarr Tracey, Director of Kairos Communications, Ltd. for live streaming to PEACEDAY.TV at the United Nations, this video is a celebration of the fulfilment of the dream of Maire McDonnell, a Trinity College student, who was inspired by the example of Hiroshima City in Japan, which holds the Guinness Book of Records for the highest number of people holding hands together for one minute of silence. Maire wanted to set the record of a human spiral of hands held together in silence for ONE MINUTE for PEACE. Supported by Instruments of Peace, this dream was fulfilled with a host of student volunteers. DubhLinn Gardens of Dublin Castle was offered FREELY by the Office of Public Works, along with a stage specifically built for the event, a PA system and sound engineers to manage the ceremony. This generosity was what made the breakthrough for the students' dream. The right venue was crucial. HUGE THANKS TO DUBLIN CASTLE and the OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS. The Culture of Peace Initiative at the U.N. had a project of web-casting a "Global Peace Wave" in all time zones celebrating "A Minute of Silence, A Moment of Peace". Dublin's "Circle of Peace" was chosen among those that would be web-cast LIVE. So, Kairos Communications, Ltd. provided a camera crew, all equipment needed and broadband supply required and immediate editing after the event. This video is the result. HUGE THANK YOU to the KAIROS TEAM: Finbarr, Seamus and Edna who managed four cameras. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Naoisé Ó Muirí, graced the ocassion with his inspiring message and he led the celebration of "A Minute of Silence, A Moment of Peace". A MILLION THANKS TO OUR LORD MAYOR FOR BEING SUCH AN INSPIRATION!!! 25 doves from weddingdovesireland.com signalled the end of the long 60-second SILENCE. Thank you, doves! Thank you, friends at weddingdovesireland.com All involved in this event were volunteers. No one was paid for performing or participating. Mike Donaghy, founder of Border-Crossing Band in Belfast came down just for the event and went back up to Belfast for his gig in the evening and came back again to Dublin the following day with his complete band to perform at the beautiful Round Room in The Mansion House. A HUGE THANK YOU TO MIKE AND HIS BAND! Ten-year old, Zena Donnelly, accepted the request to sing at our event, at such short notice (only 48 hours before the event). She is such an angel. A BIG HUG TO ZENA and a HUGE THANK YOU to all in her family. READS generously provided all publicity materials from the Festival Map/Guide to the posters, the flyers and the stands --- an incredibly generous donation! A HUGE THANK YOU TO READS, specifically to Gary and to Michael and Nualla. This ceremony at Dublin Castle Gardens marked the Opening of Ireland's First-ever World Peace Weekend Festival produced by Instruments of Peace with partners: Mission Alive, SVP 1833, Brahma Kumaris and Kairos Communications, Ltd. If you would like more information or you wish to be part of next year's Production Company of the Second World Peace Festival in Ireland, please contact the Executive Producer: Rosemarie Lucero on: www.peacebeginswithme.ie or email her at: exdir@instrumentsof peace.ie or leave a message on this YouTube channel.