PRESIDENT Michael D Higgins will this week open a centre in memory of socialist leader James Connolly in west Belfast.
Áras Uí Chonghaile is sited on Falls Road close to where Connolly lived.
Connolly was a leading figure in the trade union movement in Ireland as well as a republican icon and lived at Glenalina Terrace in Belfast for several years from 1911.
He was executed in 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising.
A statue of Connolly was unveiled on Falls Road three years ago by a great-grandson, James Connolly Heron, who described west Belfast as his "spiritual home".
Tomorrow the president will deliver a speech outside the centre after a parade makes its way along Falls Road.
The centre features an exhibition that explores all aspects of Connolly's life and celebrates his contribution to the development of organised labour. It will also have a collection of writings that will form a library.
Harry Connolly, Director of Fáilte Feirste Thiar, said James Connolly was a man of formidable ideas and remarkable vision.
"Over 100 years after James Connolly was executed, his values, his ideas and the example he gave us in life, are as inspiring and relevant as ever," he said.
"It is entirely fitting and appropriate that the president of Ireland will officially open the James Connolly Visitor Centre and pay tribute to Connolly's colossal contribution to our nation and to the lives of so many across the world."
