Dublin 8 Remembers

By Nao Inoue

‘They shall not grow old.’ A quote often used to describe the men who went to serve their countries in the trenches and on the battlefields of the First World War. The trenches and battlefields of Belgium and France, the trenches and battlefields far away from the island of Ireland.

Still nearly 50.000 Irish Soldiers lost their lives between 1914 and 1918, nearly 50.000 Irish Soldiers never came home, nearly 50.000 Irish Soldiers never grew old.

The Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, Dublin 8 remembers these 50.000 young men. One of Europe’s most famous memorial gardens, it was built for the exactly 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives and to celebrate the 206,000 Irishmen who served in British forces during the war, which was famously deemed to end all wars.

The park is a very relaxed and peaceful place, it features two fountains and many small gardens. The architect Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the sunken rose gardens, herbaceous borders, and tree rings to welcome visitors in any season more than eight decades ago with the help of many Dubliners.

Now, more than a hundred years after the tragic war, people spend their leisure time in the gardens. They walk with dogs, jog on the many pathways and in the summer some people are even seen canoeing on the river. very special and many flowers, people from all over had brought, decorated the garden. an elderly lady tells me.

On 11th November this year, the British Isles celebrated the 104th anniversary of the end of the First World War and the Gardens were a big part of the annual event.

Some people wore the traditional ‘Poppies’, which carry the word “lest we forget”.

And this is probably what the garden is about, although more than 100 years have passed since the first World War has ended, the gardens still connect the living and the dead. We should not forget about the young men - the young men who never got to grow old.

She was only one of many people who celebrated the anniversary in the gardens, and one of many who mourned in front of the memorial monument. The atmosphere was

In recent years, the gardens have been known as a place for remembrance and beautiful scenery. Now the memorial park is a part of life - it is a place to create memories.

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