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Remembrance Day Concert held at Cork City Hall
A Remembrance Day Concert was held in City Hall on November 8th was not only to honour the memories of the estimated 2,600 Corkmen who died in the First World War but for all who died in any war.
Patrons were invited to attend in period dress and compere Michael Twomey conducted the night’s proceedings.
Musicians and performers of the remembrance concert included The Barrack Street Brass and Reed Band, and pipers and trumpeters from the Defence Forces.
At the South Mall there is a memorial to those Irishmen who died in the First World War. It was erected in 1925, and is one of the few Irish examples of its type. Carved in relief on a modest limestone obelisk, sitting on a plinth, is the profile of a Munster Fusiliers soldier in full military uniform, head down, gun at rest. Each November wreaths are laid here to mark the anniversary of the armistice of 1918 at the end of the War.