Memory of fallen National Army soldiers ‘rehabilitated’ as monument unveiled

Memory of fallen National Army soldiers ‘rehabilitated’ as monument unveiled

The National Army Monument during a rededication ceremony at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA)

The rededication of a memorial to the National Army soldiers killed in the Civil War enables their memory to be rehabilitated, a ceremony in Dublin has heard.

Defence Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sean Clancy paid tribute to the some 810 soldiers killed serving on the Free State side in the 1922-23 conflict as he addressed the event at Glasnevin cemetery on Sunday.

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