Lest Sligo Gorgets steering committee all set for the official opening of the Great War Memorial Garden today Sligo Libraries Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland Sligo County Council Lest Sligo Forgets

Thank you RTÉ News and EileenMagnier for the wonderful coverage of yesterdays dedication ceremony. Follow the link for Eileen's full report and video coverage. rte.ie/news/2023/0428…

County Sligo Great War Memorial Garden. Photograph courtesy of Patrick Hugh Lynch Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland Sligo County Council Sligo Libraries @SligoLeader @lestsligofogets

A moving ceremony beautifully organised by Lest Sligo Forgets in Sligo County Council Standing by these 800 names many from the same family honored by our silence. War is what happens when language fails M.Atwood. Lest we forget. La France se souvient de ces sacrifices.

I was delighted to attend the opening of the War Memorial Garden in Sligo last week, a poignant event that was down to the exceptional work of Lest Sligo Forgets You can hear the report below 👇 OceanFM Ireland Tommy Higgins oceanfm.ie/2023/05/02/les…

Remembering all those from Rosses Point, Sligo list at sea including eight who died during the Great War ROSSES POINT Lest Sligo Forgets Sligo Libraries Sligo County Council

Great War Memorial in Sneem, Kerry Lest Sligo Forgets Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland WW1 Research Ireland The Irish at War

Sligo men who lost their lives on the first day of the Battle of the Somme Lest Sligo Forgets Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland Paul Reed The Irish at War This day in WWI WW1 Research Ireland The Lion and the Shamrock

Shrouds of the Somme, Belfast 2018 Lest Sligo Forgets Paul Reed Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland WW1 Research Ireland This day in WWI The Lion and the Shamrock

National Commemoration Day, Islandbridge about to begin Lest Sligo Forgets Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland Drumcl/RathcTidyTown WW1 Research Ireland Western Front Association

Laying a wreath for all our Sligo men Lest Sligo Forgets Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland WW1 Research Ireland WW1 History Hit Sligo County Council The Lion and the Shamrock

Islandbridge 2023. Photos courtesy of Patrick Hugh Lynch Lest Sligo Forgets Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland Sligo County Council Sligo Libraries Sligo LEADER Partnership WW1 We Remember WW1 History Hit The First World War The Lion and the Shamrock

Ahead of the Rugby World Cup, the All Blacks perform the haka at Longueval Cemetery in honour of fallen New Zealand soldiers from the First World War. (One of our leading historians, Pete Smith, had the honour of escorting them around the battlefields of the Somme.) #RWC2023

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Remembering-Armistice in Sligo #ArmisticeDay2023 #lestsligoforgets #sligolibraries #sligocountycouncil

As we come to bid farewell to #Sligo’s best, Tommie Gorman, we share his thoughtful #yeatsday reading, made just two weeks ago, in one of his favourite spots in the county.

Simone Hickey chats about her upcoming book ‘Bringing them Home’. #sligolibraries #sligo #ATU #SligoCoCo #PeaceIV

Common Ground | Evolving Islands – Ireland & Britain | The Irish Times irishtimes.com/common-ground/

Bringing then Home:Sligo’s War Dead 1914-18 is now on sale in Liber Bookstore Sligo Live | Invest | Visit