Waterford Memorial Dedication & Remembrance Ceremony

A Monument commemorating the eleven hundred Waterford men and women who lost their lives in the First World War will be unveiled in Dungarvan.

Date: Sunday 6th October 2013

Time: 3pm

Location: Castle Street, Dungarvan

The 1914-18 war was a calamity for Waterford. Approximately eleven hundred men and women from the city and county lost their lives. Many more were injured and traumatised.

The Waterford Memorial in the form of a simple polished black granite wall has been inscribed with each of these individual names to mark their passing and the loss felt by their families and friends.

It's felt the monument will also serve as tangible evidence of a sincere desire for friendship and respect between people of different and until recently, irreconcilable political traditions.

 

A view of the 125th Battery Royal Field Artillery going out to fire their guns during the First World War. Included are Soldiers on foot in the foreground, followed by a Soldier on horseback and then Soldiers on teams of horses pulling gun carriages.

 

King John's Castle

Castle Street, Dungarvan

The Life and Athletic Career of James Hughes by Donal Power

Donal Power  will give a power point presentation on the life and athletic career of his grandfather, Irish International Cross-Country runner  James Hughes.

It will deal with his achievements, fame in England, life as a soldier in World War 1, international sports, the Olympic Games 1908 & 1912 and the tragic and abrupt end to his athletic career, his return to Ireland and his life in Abbeyside in the 1950's and 1960's.

 

 

Where: Town Hall Theatre, Dungarvan

 

When: Wednesday 18th September 2013

 

Time: 8pm

 

Admission €5

 

Donal Power is a well known Abbeyside personality through his music, recordings and fundraising efforts. He is presently living in Carrigaline with his wife and family.

 

 

Anyone who has an interest in athletics should add this date to their diary.



 

 

 

 

"Windmills of the Mind" by John Daly

Launch of New Book "Windmills of the Mind" 
A collection of Poems by John Daly

Where: Waterford County Museum, Friary St., Dungarvan

When: Friday 27th September

Time: 8.30 pm

Admission Free

Refreshments Served

All are welcome