The fallen Irish of the first World War were remembered on Wednesday at an Armistice Day wreath laying ceremony at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
It was attended by Minister for Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys; Ben Wallace, parliamentary under secretary of state at the Northern Ireland Office; Lord Mayor Críona Ní Dhálaigh, the first Sinn Féin mayor of Dublin; and chairman of the Glasnevin Trust John Green.
They were joined by the ambassadors of several nations involved in the war, including British ambassador Dominick Chilcott; US ambassador Kevin O’Malley; Australian ambassador Dr Ruth Adler; French ambassador Jean-Pierre Thébault; New Zealand honorary consul-general Alan McCarthy; Austrian ambassador Thomas Nader; and Giovanni Adornoi Braccesi, Italian ambassador.
At the ceremony, commemorative plaques were also unveiled in honour of Irish first World War recipients of the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest military award.
An exhibition, The Belfast Boys, about the 36th Ulster Division and the 6th Connaught Rangers, was also opened
