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World War I Armistice Day centenary events in Laois

Towns around Laois will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on Sunday November 11. Portlaoise will commemorate the local soldiers who died between 1914 and 1918 with a wreath laying at the World War I memorial on Mill View. The UN ...

10 Nov 2018 at 23:33

Events & Listings

Laois TD to give oration at World War I memorial in Portlaoise

People who died in World War One and other conflicts around the world will be remembered at events in Laois in November. A remembrance ceremony for those who died in World War One and in subsequent conflicts across the globe will be held on ...

12 Nov 2023 at 08:52

Portlaoise

World War I Armisticee centenary marked at the 11th hour in Portlaoise

Corporal John Conroy was killed in World War I at the Battle of the Somme in August 1916. He was just 21. Last Sunday, November 11, young Steven Conroy recited a poem during the annual Armistice Day commemoration ceremony at the War ...

14 Nov 2018 at 16:51

Mountmellick

Mountmellick marks World War I Armistice centenary with series of events

Mountmellick was among the towns around Laois that marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The town's World War I Research & Commemoration committee organised a fundraising event to pay outstanding costs of ...

14 Nov 2018 at 16:19

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Word War 1 veteran, Jack Moyney commemorated in Rathdowney

A huge crowd of the local community, family members and military service people attended the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in honour of Sergeant John (Jack) Moyney in Rathdowney on Tuesday. The event, organised ...

15 Sept 2017 at 11:45

National News

Four crewmen killed while four were rescued after World War II bomber crashed into the sea off Irish coast

On this day back in 1942, four people lost their lives after a RAF World War II bomber crashed off the Donegal coast. The Liberator LV341 aircraft sunk as it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean following an explosion ...

13 Aug 2021 at 14:37

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Laois marks 100 years since World War I Armistice Day

Towns around Laois are marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I next Sunday November 11. In Portarlington an Armistice Day ecumenical service of remembrance will take place on Friday November 9 at ...

08 Nov 2018 at 18:54

Northern Ireland

New book shines a light on Ireland’s nurses in the Second World War

A new book has shone a light on the contribution of nurses from across Ireland working in dangerous conditions in the Second World War. Memories and records, as well as a roll of honour, of nurses from across ...

04 Jun 2024 at 11:00

National News

William pays tribute to last surviving Battle of Britain pilot Paddy Hemingway

The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, following his death aged 105. William said Britons “owe so much” to the former fighter pilot, who ...

18 Mar 2025 at 09:05

Local News

World War I memorial unveiled in Mountrath Peace Garden on Armistice centenary

Mountrath was among the towns around Laois that mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on the centenary of Armistice Day on Sunday, November 11. The Mountrath Historical Society organised ...

14 Nov 2018 at 16:40

Arts & Entertainment

Irish actor debuts as 'father of atomic bomb' Oppenheimer in first teaser

Cillian Murphy has been pictured for the first time playing J Robert Oppenheimer, the man credited with the creation of the atomic bomb. The Peaky Blinders star, 46, takes on the role for Christopher ...

29 Jul 2022 at 11:57

Memory Lane

US World War II pilot who crashed on bog was bought to Laois after rescue

2024 marks the 80th anniversary of an unusual crash landing involving Flight Officer Iris Dillon of the USA Air Force on an Offaly bog. The pilot's story takes us from San Diego to the skies of ...

27 Jan 2024 at 15:52

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