11 November 2018: Events to mark centenary of 1918 armistice, Longford

On Sunday 11 November a number of commemorative events took place in Longford Town to mark the centenary of the armistice that ended the First World War. A service took place in St John’s (Church of Ireland) at 10am, followed by an ecumenical service and remembrance ceremony in the Market Square at 11am (gathering from…

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11 November 2017: Armistice Day commemoration, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin 11

On Saturday 11 November 2017  Glasnevin Trust hosted an event to mark Armistice Day, commemorating the end of the First World War. In 2008, Glasnevin Trust and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission set about the task of marking previously unmarked graves in Glasnevin Cemetery of World War I and World War II graves of soldiers, sailors, air men…

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