Don Posted 14 October , 2014 Share Posted 14 October , 2014 Ireland's Ambassador to Great Britain Dan Mulhall will lay a wreath at London's Cenotaph Remembrance Sunday ceremonies in November, it has been announced. It will be the first time that an invitation has been issued and accepted and coincides with the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. Mr Mulhall's predecessor as ambassador to Britain, Bobby McDonagh, had previously attended Remembrance Sunday ceremonies, while Taoiseach Enda Kenny laid wreaths in Enniskillen in November 2012 and 2013. Tánaiste at the time, Eamon Gilmore, did likewise for the past two years at the Cenotaph in Belfast. This new gesture by an Irish Ambassador will honour the memory of the thousands of Irish men and women who fought and died in the World War I. It is expected a similar invitation will be issued in future years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 14 October , 2014 Share Posted 14 October , 2014 I was pleased to hear this. A round of polite applause when HE lays the Irish wreath would be diplomatically inappropriate of course, but who knows ? - HM might just purr again ! One thinks of Churchill's speech where he movingly mentioned Esmonde, Fegen, O'Leary and Kenneally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted 14 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 14 October , 2014 I would loved to be there when it happens. When I lived in London, I often wondered would it ever happen. My thoughts on the day will be with my Great Uncle, who was forgotten and has no grave Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 14 October , 2014 Share Posted 14 October , 2014 Heard this on the radio this morning (and read it in the Tottygraph). Excellent news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 15 October , 2014 Share Posted 15 October , 2014 Good news indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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