A COMMEMORATION HAS been held in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin to mark Armistice Day and the Irish men and women who died during World War One.
It is estimated that 50,000 Irish men were killed while serving in the British, Commonwealth or United States armies during the four years of World War I.
This morning’s event was attended by Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe, the Lord Mayor of Dublin Brendan Carr and Chairman of the Glasnevin Trust John Green.
A number of ambassadors to Ireland, including from Canada, Australia and US, were also present at today’s event.
Wreaths were laid at the Cross of Sacrifice and four commemorative plaques were unveiled in memory of four Irish men who received the Victoria Cross during World War One.
The Victoria Cross is the highest military honour awarded by the British armed forces.
Frederick Edwards of the Middlesex Regiment, John Vincent Holland of the Leinster Regiment, Thomas Hughes of the Connaught Rangers and Martin O’Meara of the Australian Imperial Force were the Irishmen who received the Victoria Cross and were remembered today.
Armistice Day is commemorated on 11 November each year, the day both sides signed the armistice ending hostilities on the Western Front in World War One.
Reflecting on today’s commemoration, Minister Donohoe said that the men who fought and died are remembered with “pride and admiration”.
The event was closed by the sounding of the last post, a minutes silence and bugle call the Reveille.
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