Wreaths laid at cenotaph in Limerick as war dead remembered
Ceremony honours the 1,000 men who gave their lives in the two World Wars
LIMERICK honoured those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the two World Wars in a special ceremony to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Mayor John Moran joined members of the Limerick branch of the Royal British Legion, along with a number of other local politicians and councillors for the event, which saw a two-minute silence observed on the stroke of 11am.
Also in attendance at the ceremony were veterans of the armed services of Ireland, Britain, and the USA, plus relatives of the Limerick fallen and the general public.
Wreaths were laid in memory of the 1,000 Limerick men who perished in the two conflicts.
Wreaths were also laid by Loic Guyon, the French honorary consul, while the American Legion in Ireland, the Merchant Navy, the Organisation of Irish Ex-Servicemen and the Royal Munster Fusiliers Association were among the groups represented.
Addressing those gathered, Mayor Moran thanked the organisers of the ceremony who remind us all of the sacrifices which were made during the First and Second World Wars.
“We now have something which we never would have expected which is war back on the European continent. We see all these images of young men and women going off to fight in the World Wars, but actually we are seeing it happen again in Ukraine now. We have to remember that, and thank everybody who has been so supportive of the Ukrainian people, and hope that continues,” added the executive mayor.
Mayor Moran has used part of his own devolved funding to clean up the war memorial at Pery Square.
"It was only fitting we restored it,” he said. “I felt it was very difficult to be laying wreaths remembering people who made the ultimate sacrifice for us all and the memorial was not in a good condition.”
This work was carried out alongside the Limerick branch of the Royal British Legion.
Remembrance Sunday commemorations took place across Ireland.