Ireland – Page 3 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

University of Ulster: stories needed for First World War legacy project

Researchers at the University of Ulster are encouraging community groups to take part in a major international research project on the First World War and its legacy.

June 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary project results in new list of First World War dead in Sligo, Republic of Ireland

Sligo County Council and the Sligo Peace & Reconciliation Partnership Committee are developing a peace themed project to mark the Centenary of the First World War entitled News from the Past.

July 31, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to Ireland’s dead of both World Wars unveiled in Dublin

A Cross of Sacrifice honouring Irishmen and women who died serving in the First and Second World Wars has been unveiled at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.

August 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Ministers lead tributes at laying of first Victoria Cross paving stones

Tributes have been paid to First World War holders of the Victoria Cross at ceremonies to mark the laying of the first commemorative paving stones in their honour.

September 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Painting the Great War’ – Exhibition of paintings by Paul Woods

Athy Heritage Centre-Museum in Ireland opens an exhibition of paintings by artist Paul Woods on September 7th 2014 as part of its First World War Centenary events.

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September 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Painting the Great War’ – Exhibition of paintings by Paul Woods

Athy Heritage Centre-Museum in Ireland opens an exhibition of paintings by artist Paul Woods on September 7th 2014 as part of its First World War Centenary events.

September 19, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Preserving the Past – the East Belfast & The Great War Project

East Belfast & The Great War, a First World War commemoration project, has just announced the first date in a series of ‘Military Antiques Roadshows’.

October 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Ireland to take part in UK Cenotaph service on Remembrance Sunday

The Irish Government will a wreath for the first time at the Cenotaph Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London on November 9th 2014.

October 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

£11.5m UK lottery grant awarded to transform Battle of Jutland veteran HMS Caroline

The UK Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £11.5 million to the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to conserve and restore HMS Caroline, the only survivor of the 1916 Battle of Jutland.

November 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War Exhibition opens at National Library of Ireland

An exhibition has opened at the National Library of Ireland, in Dublin, running from November 2014 until the end of centenary events in 2018, which reveals the impact of the First World War in Ireland.