French authorities honour Napoleonic-era general buried in Cork cemetery

The event will kickstart a major conference in Cork, featuring more than 100 experts from a number of countries.

Inauguration of the plaque commemorating the bicentenary of the death of General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes.

French authorities have honoured a Napoleonic-era general who drowned in a shipwreck off the Cork coast.

It was only recently discovered that the body of General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes is buried in a cemetery near Kinsale, and a plaque to his memory is to be unveiled by a number of French dignitaries today.