Centenary of the Killester Garden Village 1923-2023

Centenary of the Killester Garden Village 1923-2023 In August 1923 the first Irish WW1 ex-servicemen and their families moved into the new community of the Killester Garden Village. These ‘Homes for Heroes’ were built from 1920-1923 consisting now of 289 ex-servicemen houses for these Irish veterans and their families after the Great War. On Saturday…

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The Royal Munster Fusiliers

In collaboration with Cork Public Museum, the students of University CollegeCork Museum Studies programme are launching a new featured exhibition, The RoyalMunster Fusiliers: A Forgotten Regiment? to celebrate the centenary of the regiment’sdisbandment in July 1922. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment in the British armythat formed in 1881, though their roots…

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24 November 2018: ‘Martin Moffat VC and the liberation of Ledegem, 14 October 1918’, Birr, Co. Offaly

On Saturday 24 November 2018 Birr Library hosted a talk by Denis Kirby of the Leinster Regiment Association, entitled ‘Martin Moffat VC and the liberation of Ledegem, 14 October 1918’. After four years of German occupation the 2nd Battalion of the Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) liberated the town of Ledegem in Belgium, after which Martin…

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18 November 2018: ‘Gallipoli, the GPO, and Flanders’, Trim, Co. Meath

On Sunday 18 November 2018 S, St Patrick’s Cathedral (COI), Trim, Co. Meath, hosted a performance of composer Michael Holohan’s musical and theatrical piece ‘Gallipoli, the GPO and Flanders’. Drawing on the personal letters and diaries of both his paternal and maternal granduncles and the diary of a British soldier, the composer Michael Holohan has…

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11 November 2018: Civic commemoration of 1918 Armistice, Naas, Co. Kildare

On Sunday 11 November 2018 a civic commemoration took place in Naas, Co. Kildare, to mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice that ended the First World War, during which a memorial was unveiled on 11 November 2018 in remembrance of those from Co. Kildare who died. Kildare had an extremely strong military presence in the…

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