Patrick Lynch has asked me to contact you regarding our Association’s planned event on Friday the 8th November. This event is ‘An Evening of Remembrance’ to remember the approximately 4000 fallen of the Great War who were from the City & County of Cork.  This is the second year that we have produced this event, and last year’s evening was a great success.  The format of the evening will be approximately 1.45 hours in duration, and tells the story of the Cork War Dead through Music, Song and Story.  Music is being provided free of charge by the Cork Barrack Street Band, which has been in existence since 1837, and indeed lost a number of their number during the Great War.  Singing on the night will be a young and upcoming Cork Soprano, Niamh O’Sullivan.

The story element of the evening contains stories covering the major engagement and campaigns of the War, from Mons, Etreux, Aubers Ridge, Gallipoli, Jutland, The Somme, 3rd Ypres through into 1918. the event is being supported by the Lord Mayor of Cork City , Cllr Catherine Clancy, and the Mayor of County Cork Cllr Noel O’Connor, as well as other military and civil dignitaries. All proceeds from the event are in aid of the Cork Penny Dinner’s charity, and were chosen as they provided assistance to many returned soldiers who had fallen on hard times. the event is being held at the Triskel Art Centre in the Beautiful Christchurch venue.

The Cork Branch of the Western front Association is very active in the community and host numerous open days for the public to come and explore their family history  of the Great War.  We are relatively new to the scheme having been in existence for only three years. However the Association as a whole has been around since 1980 and has branches in the USA & Canada, Australia & New Zealand, the UK, France, Belgium and of course Ireland.  in the past thee years since we were established in Cork, two further branches have been established  in Dublin and Belfast. Today  the Association  is recognised as the premier organisation for study, learning and research into all aspects of the Great War and numbered among its presidents and trustees are a number of distinguished academics and military historians and civic dignitaries.  It is completely non-political and has over 6,000 members.

Kindest regards

Mr Ross Glennon
Vice Chairman & Public relations Officer
Cork Branch, The Western Front Association.
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