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The Kilkenny Observer Friday 7 May 2021
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“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” EDITED AND COMPILED BY: GERRY CODY ALL PHOTOS: JBS PHOTOS KILKENNY
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HESE words are from the pen of poet Robert Laurence Binyon, written in 1914, dealing with Patriotism and Sacrifice. The poem titled, “For the Fallen” memorializes soldiers who died in battle during World War I. The poem acknowledges the profound loss of the soldiers’ lives while also emphasizing the nobility of their sacrifice. These words had a special meaning on April 25th when a group from ‘The Kilkenny Great War Memorial Committee’ met to remember Anzac day.
A gun and hat similar to that used at Gallipoli
Oliver Cromwell was an English general and statesman who, first as a subordinate and later as Commander-in-Chief, led armies of the Parliament of England against King Charles I during the English Civil War, subsequently ruling the British Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658
Charlie Parsons played “Last Post” and “Reveille” at the Anzac commemoration
BY: GERRY CODY
Lighted candles spell out Anzac at the war memorial on John’s Quay
Dawn meeting at Park remembers
