PIC: A rainbow appears over Dublin at the end of 1916 ceremony

Talk about timing.

Following a day of glorious sunshine over O’Connell Street, the showers came at the very end of the today’s ceremony to mark 100 years since the Easter Rising.

The umbrellas came up as people filtered away from the city’s main thoroughfare, with the RTÉ cameras capturing this rainbow to bookend perfectly a momentous moment in our history.

Very special indeed.

Incredible shot from the cameras on @rte 🇮🇪#rte1916 #EasterRising #Ireland2016 pic.twitter.com/6SVaDBeaNT

— JJ (@jayhartigan) March 27, 2016

Thanks to JJ Hartigan for this. Main image via Shane Murphy.

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