Ireland – Page 7 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary year of 2015 – recalled in pictures from Centenary News

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events over the past year, marking First World War anniversaries from 1915.

March 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Ceremony in Dublin to remember 1916 Easter Rising

Ireland’s President will lead Easter Sunday commemorations in Dublin marking the centenary of the rebellion against British rule during the First World War.

March 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – CWGC update on visiting Thiepval, June-July 2016

Access to the Thiepval Memorial will be restricted over the immediate Somme Centenary period, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission announces.

March 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

National Museum of Ireland exhibition marks 1916 Centenary

The events of the Easter Rising are told in a new centenary exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.

March 27, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Easter ceremonies in Ireland remember 1916 uprising against British rule

Big crowds lined the streets of Dublin on Easter Sunday (March 27th 2016) for commemorations marking the centenary of the Easter Rising during WW1.

April 23, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Easter Rising starts in Dublin

Republican groups launched a revolt against British rule in Ireland on Easter Monday 1916 (April 24th), seizing a number of key buildings in Dublin.

July 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Battle of the Somme

One of the most controversial battles of the First World War started on July 1st 1916, with a massive British-led attack on German positions in the Somme region of Northern France.

April 23, 2017 CN Editorial Team

UK & Ireland to share Messines Centenary remembrance

Britain and Ireland are to hold a joint tribute to soldiers from nationalist and unionist traditions who fought side by side at the Battle of Messines in the summer of 1917.

June 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: Battle of Messines

The capture of Messines Ridge by Allied forces in June 1917 was a dramatic prelude to the British-led Flanders offensive later that summer.

June 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

UK & Ireland join in Messines Centenary tribute

Prince William and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny took part in commemorations marking the centenary of the Battle of Messines on 7 June 2017.