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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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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 ...

29 Nov 2024 at 14:25

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Kilkenny public invited to attend unveiling of the Great War Memorial

The Kilkenny World War I Memorial in Peace Park will be officially unveiled this Sunday - and the public are invited to attend. Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan will perform the unveiling. The ceremony will ...

11 Jul 2018 at 16:12

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Impressive memorial unveiled to honour Kilkenny's WWI fallen heroes

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 Foreign Affairs ...

17 Jul 2018 at 19:13

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List of Kilkenny’s dead from the Great War to be named on War Memorial

The Kilkenny War Memorial Committee are putting the finishing touches to the preparations for the erection of two moving memorials to honour those who died and served during World War One and World War Two. Years of ...

02 May 2018 at 16:54

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Kilkenny's fallen remembered in Flanders with unique display

Kilkenny native and new EU Commissioner for Trade Phil Hogan was on hand to help cut the ribbon on a new pub/restaurant in Flanders, Belgium at the weekend. ‘Mary’s’ is the latest venture of Patrick Foley, a native ...

03 Dec 2019 at 12:29

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

03 Jun 2019 at 14:59

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