Commemoration
NATIONAL FAMINE COMMEMORATION THE DELANEY FAMINE MONUMENT – ST STEPHEN’S GREEN, DUBLIN SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2020 Fr Seamus Madigan, Head Chaplain to the Forces In ainm an Athar agus an Mhic agus an Spioraid Naoimh. Amen. Do gach duine ata bailithe anseo inniu, go raibh sonas, slainte agus siochain linn. A PRAYER OF REMEMBRANCE As......
Read MoreA Remembrance Prayer for Ireland Easter Sunday – 12 April 2020 Father Seamus Madigan (Head Chaplain, Defence Forces, Ireland) An tAthair Seamus Ó Madagáin (Ard Séiplínigh, Óglaigh na hÉireann) In ainm an Athar agus an Mhic agus an Spioraid Naoimh. Amen. God of Love, on this most unusual Easter Sunday, we honour and call to......
Read MorePrayers offered by Fr Séamus Madigan, Head Chaplain to the Forces in the Garden of Remembrance on Holy Saturday 26 March 2016...
Read MoreOffice of the Head Chaplain DFHQ McKee Barracks Dublin 7 Dear fellow soldiers of the Irish Defence Forces, I take this opportunity to wish you and your families every blessing and grace during this Easter Season of 2016. This is an extraordinary time for Ireland. As we commemorate and celebrate the centenary of the 1916......
Read MorePrayers offered by Fr Séamus Madigan HCF at Dublin Castle on 01 January 2016 Moladh go deo le Dia – Praise God forever! On this day of commemoration, celebration and New Year’s resolutions, we thank you Lord, for all the people of Ireland, at home and abroad. Merciful God: In our commemoration, we remember all......
Read MoreMass & Dedication of Memorial to SS Caomhán Seoighe Inis Oírr 29 v 2015 The Minister for Defence Mr Simon Coveney T.D., Lt Gen Conor O’Boyle and Mr Maurice Quinn (Secretary General of the Department of Defence) attended a commemorative ceremony in honour of Saighdiúir Singil Caomhán Seoighe on Inis Oírr on Friday 29 May 2015.......
Read MoreAddress by Bishop Pat Storey at 1916 Commemoration Mass at Arbour Hill 06 MAY 2015 President, Taoiseach and Distinguished Guests, may I first of all thank the Monsignor very sincerely for his very surprising invitation to speak at today’s event? I am wondering if he is shaking in his boots right now, having asked a......
Read MoreAddress by Msgr Eoin Thynne HCF Remembrance is part of our culture, our heritage and this afternoon as we gather on the centennial anniversary of the commencement of World War 1 we reflect on the sacrifices made by men and women and pray for all whose lives were lost in the “war to end......
Read MoreThe National Day of Commemoration commemorates all Irishmen and Irishwomen who died in past wars or on service with the United Nations. It occurs on the Sunday nearest to July 11 – the anniversary of the date in 1921 that a truce was signed ending the Irish War of Independence. The principal ceremony is normally......
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