Memorials planned for Munster’s first world war victims

THE thousands of Munster men who died in the first world war are to be honoured at separate events in Cork and Kerry.

Memorials planned for Munster’s first world war victims
Mon, 06 Oct, 2008 - 01:00

President Mary McAleese will soon unveil a new memorial in Killarney to hundreds of soldiers from the area who died fighting for the Allies in Belgium, France, Gallipoli and the Dardanelles between 1914 and 1918.

A memorial has been erected at the site of the existing Munster Fusiliers’ monument, in the heart of Killarney.

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CourtsPlace: CorkPlace: KerryPlace: KillarneyPlace: BelgiumPlace: FrancePlace: GallipoliPlace: DardanellesPlace: Killarney Town HallPlace: City HallPlace: DeerparkPlace: RomePlace: VaticanPlace: EgyptPlace: HaitiPlace: San DomingoPlace: CzechoslovakiaPlace: Dingle PeninsulaPlace: CaherciveenPerson: President Mary McAleesePerson: Michael CourtneyPerson: Brian BerminghamPerson: Michael TwomeyPerson: Leonard SachsPerson: MonsignorPerson: Hugh O’FlahertyPerson: Monsignor O’FlahertyPerson: JamesPerson: Pearl DineenPerson: DineenPerson: Gregory PeckEvent: First World WarEvent: Remembrance DayEvent: Second World WarOrganisation: Munster Fusiliers’Organisation: The Barrack Street Brass and Reed BandOrganisation: Nazis
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