War dead now in the company of a saint

THE Dublin City and County Book of Honour of the Great War 1914-1918 was part of the homily at 11am Mass in the Pro Cathedral, Dublin, on Sunday, November 14.

War dead now in the company of a saint
Wed, 24 Nov, 2004 - 00:00

It was presented by Most Rev Dermot O’Mahony, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, to the mayor of Ue, Normandy, from the main altar.

Ue is where St Laurence O’Toole, patron saint of Dublin and former abbot of Glendalough, died in 1225. The Dublin Book of Honour has 5,800 names of those who died in the war.

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