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The Island of Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park (Irish: Páirc Síochána d'Oileán na hÉireann), also called the Irish Peace Park (Dutch: Iers Vredespark) or Irish Peace Tower in Messines, near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, is a war memorial to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from World War I, during Ireland's involvement in the conflict.
The main memorials to the Irish war dead, one in France and one in Belgium, are the Ulster Tower and the Island of Ireland Peace Park, unveiled in 1921 and 1998 respectively. Delville Wood Memorial (South Africa) Vimy Memorial (Canada) Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australia) Neuve-Chapelle Memorial (India) Beaumont-Hamel Memorial (Newfoundland)
The Irish National War Memorial Gardens (Irish: Gairdíní Náisiúnta Cuimhneacháin Cogaidh na hÉireann) is an Irish war memorial in Islandbridge, Dublin, dedicated "to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914–1918", [1] out of a total of 206,000 Irishmen who served in the British forces alone during the war.
Irish World War I propaganda recruitment poster, c. 1915, by Hely's Limited, Dublin. During World War I (1914–1918), Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which entered the war in August 1914 as one of the Entente Powers, along with France and Russia.
The tablet inscribed with a quote by Father Gleeson at the Island of Ireland Peace Park, Messines, Belgium. Gleeson was appointed curate of Bray, Aughrim on 18 May 1924 and became the priest of the parish on 20 January 1941. [3] He was appointed parish priest of St Catherine's in Meath Street, Dublin on 30 August 1944. [3]
The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish [6]) and Protestants (most of whom are unionists who self-identify as British [6]). The peace lines range in length from a few hundred metres (yards) to over 5 kilometres (3 mi).
Commonwealth memorials: Beaumont Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial & 29th Division Memorial, Commonwealth memorial park: Beaumont Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial Park and Commonwealth military cemetery Hunter's Cemetery; Commonwealth military cemetery: Canadian Cemetery n°2; Commonwealth military cemetery: Étaples Military Cemetery
Description stone. The park was conceived by Michael Feeney. [2] It was officially opened by Mary McAleese, the President of Ireland in October 2008. [1] The annual Remembrance Day Services to commemorate the World War deceased began in 1999, when Feeney organised an official Remembrance mass in the Church of the Holy Rosary in Castlebar following research which showed that a significant ...