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Candlelit procession in Kilkenny to commemorate end of World War I

A number of events have been announced by the Kilkenny Great War Memorial Committee to mark the centenary of the ending of World War I over the coming days. The first of these is the Ireland and Kilkenny Stories and Facts World War I Exhibition, ...

07 Nov 2018 at 17:24

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Insightful Kilkenny talks on oft-forgotten stories of World War I

Fascinating and informative talks remembering the lives of soldiers and nurses lost in WWI drew a crowd on each of five nights last week, as part of Heritage Week. Captain Larry Scallan kept his audience spellbound with his ‘Seven Soldiers, ...

04 Sept 2018 at 11:46

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Kilkenny Great War Memorial to host pre-Christmas event

The Kilkenny Great War Memorial Committee will hold their final event of the year on Sunday, December 8 at 7pm at the memorial in the Peace Park. Amongst the activities, there will be a talk about the logistics and other factors that ...

29 Nov 2024 at 14:25

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Work under way on Kilkenny World War I memorial monument

Work on the new World War I memorial for Kilkenny City is now under way, expected to be completed in June. The memorial will recognise some 825 Kilkenny men and women who lost their lives in the Great War, and acknowledge more than ...

14 Feb 2018 at 18:05

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RTE to tell story of four Kilkenny brothers who died in WWI, and the one who survived

The appalling human cost of war will be brought home tonight by an episode of RTE's Nationwide, which will look at the toll World War I took on one Kilkenny family. The major Hollywood film Saving Private Ryan told the tale of a ...

09 Nov 2018 at 11:33

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'Scandalous and disgraceful': Thugs vandalise Kilkenny's war memorial, damage statue of fallen soldier

Kilkenny's World War I memorial has once again been targeted by vandals, who have this time done some lasting damage. The carved stone face of the fallen soldier statue at the centre of the monument has had its nose sheared off ...

05 Mar 2019 at 13:14

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Bells toll and bugles sound as Kilkenny remembers those who served in Great War

The bells tolled, and a bugler sounded The Last Post as thousands of poppies fell from the ceiling of St Canice’s Cathedral at 11am on Sunday, November 11 to mark the centenary of the end of World War I. A massive crowd packed ...

14 Nov 2018 at 16:46

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