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Limerick National Day of Commemoration Ceremony will honour Irish Service members
pictured at the National Day of Commemoration ceremony which took place at Limerick City and County Council, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick. Pic: Don Moloney
Fallen Irish Service members will be honoured at National Day of Commemoration Ceremony in Limerick on Sunday, July 14
Irishmen and Irishwomen who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations and other international organisations will be remembered at a National Day of Commemoration Ceremony in Limerick on Sunday, July 14.
For what will be the twelfth year that Limerick City and County Council is set to host the ceremony, the service of peace will take place at 11am in the open area on the ground of the Council Buildings at Merchant’s Quay.
Príomh Chomhairleoir, Cllr Dan McSweeney will lay a wreath honouring those who lost their lives, the National Flag will be raised and a minute’s silence observed, there will also be a guard of honour provided by the 12th Infantry Battalion based at Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick.
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The Limerick-based choir, The Curraghgower Singers will provide music for the event under the direction of choirmaster, Mr Timothy Schinnick, with Bugler, Don Phelan, Uilleann Piper, Colleen Shanks and Drummer, Sadhbh Ryan.
All members of the the public are invited to the multi-faith ceremony, with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church, Church of Ireland, the Quakers and the Jewish Community leading the ceremony of prayers and readings. As seating is limited at the event, those wishing to attend are advised not to arrive later than 15 minutes before the ceremony begins.
Other ceremonies are taking place nationwide, with Mayor of Limerick, John Moran attending the main national ceremony in Dublin at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. Ireland’s National Day of Commemoration takes place annually on the Sunday closest to July 11, this is to coincide with the anniversary of the date in 1921 when the truce was signed ending the Irish War of Independence.
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