Archbishop Eamon Martin pays respects to Irish soldiers who died at the Somme

Ireland's Archbishop Eamon Martin has said prayers on the spot where Irish troops died at the Somme as he urged Catholics to remember the First World War.

Archbishop Eamon Martin pays respects to Irish soldiers who died at the Somme

Ireland's Archbishop Eamon Martin has said prayers on the spot where Irish troops died at the Somme as he urged Catholics to remember the First World War.

The Irish primate commemorated the shared sacrifice with Protestants during a short memorial ceremony in the village of Guillemont at a stone Celtic cross commemorating the 16th Irish Division which fought a century ago.

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