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Kilkenny’s war memorials: A call to remember - and help if you can

In Kilkenny’s MacDonagh railway station, there is a memorial to the 3,271 men and women from County Kilkenny known to have served in World War 1. Two other wonderful monuments, one at The Peace Park, and one outside the court house, are situated in ...

23 Dec 2021 at 14:00

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Choir remembers Kilkenny’s fallen sons at war memorial

There were poignant scenes on the outskirts of the village of Herlies in Northern France recently when a Kilkenny contingent visited a war memorial site and remembered those who lost their lives during the first World War. Seán O’Neill from ...

03 Jul 2023 at 17:02

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Kilkenny memorial to youngest Irish WWI casualty (14) to be unveiled

A ceremony to unveil the new memorial for the youngest official Irish casualty of World War I, Thomas Joseph Woodgate who was from Callan, will take place on Sunday, October 11. It will be located near the Market Yard entrance at Kilkenny ...

30 Sept 2020 at 15:23

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How the unveiling of a Kilkenny war memorial led to incredible family reconnection

As if the story of Thomas Woodgate — the 14-year-old from Callan, Kilkenny who fooled recruiters to join the Irish World War I effort in 1918 — was not extraordinary enough, a century later, more twists in the tale are still being ...

01 Dec 2020 at 22:39

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Dates announced for unveiling of Kilkenny's new war memorials

Dates have been announced for the official unveiling of Kilkenny’s two new war memorials, on which work is currently under way. The memorial to the 825 Great War dead, at Peace Park, John’s Quay, will be unveiled on July 15, with ...

04 Apr 2018 at 00:51

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Tireless war memorial committee will stand down - having recorded Kilkenny history

Kilkenny’s Great War Memorial Committee, which has been the driver in commemorating historic events, as well as the installation of three landmark monuments in Kilkenny, is to be wound down shortly. The committee has achieved ...

10 Jun 2021 at 23:00

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As world remembers 75 years since D-Day landings - Kilkenny plans a memorial honouring WWII dead

The Kilkenny War Memorial committee are planning to erect a memorial in 2020 at the railway station to remember those who died serving in WWII. D-Day and the Second World War is now being remembered 75 years on. It is ...

03 Jun 2019 at 14:59

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'These were Irishmen, they were Kilkenny men' - solidarity event held at war memorial

A piper played a lament at sunset - 6.16pm - in Kilkenny City this evening as people gathered at the vandalised World War I memorial in Peace Park. More than 40 people gathered on the cold evening at short notice in ...

06 Mar 2019 at 22:17

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Kilkenny gardaí examine hammer found near vandalised memorial

A hammer and vice grips found close by to Kilkenny's vandalised World War I memorial have been handed in to Kilkenny Garda Station. The tools were found by a member of the public in the area close to the monument ...

06 Mar 2019 at 18:52

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Renewed calls for CCTV after Kilkenny's new war memorial is defaced

There have been renewed calls for CCTV to monitor Kilkenny's new WWI memorial in Peace Park, after the monument was defaced with spray paint in recent days. Cllr Joe Malone raised the matter at Friday's meeting ...

17 Sept 2018 at 13:03

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Picture Gallery: Kilkenny War Memorial - 100 years on they are remembered

A thought-provoking and poignant re-enactment that reflected far too common place occurrences over 100 years ago at Kilkenny Railway Station helped set a sombre ambience for the unveiling of a memorial to the ...

16 Aug 2018 at 15:51

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Picture Gallery - Kilkenny War Memorial opening

A World War I Memorial was unveiled to great fanfare in Kilkenny on Sunday, at last honouring in carefully-crafted limestone the names of 822 men and five women who died during that conflict. Minister for ...

19 Jul 2018 at 14:04

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