9 November 2014: Irish government represented at Remembrance Sunday services in Belfast, Dublin, Enniskillen and London

On 9 November 2014—Remembrance Sunday—the Irish government was represented at ceremonies in Belfast, Dublin, Enniskillen and London to commemorate the dead of the First World War. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charles Flanagan TD, attended the ceremony at the cenotaph at Belfast City Hall; An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD laid a wreath at the cenotaph…

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November 1914

1 November: Seizure of weapons belonging to the Irish National Volunteers in Dublin by persons unknown.   4 November: Louise Gavan Duffy writes to various newspapers asserting the independence of Cumann na mBan from either of the existing Volunteer organisations.   18 November: Captain Robert Monteith dismissed from British government service due to links with…

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