A Service of Peace and Reconciliation to commemorate the Battle of the Somme was held in Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork on Friday, 1st July at 6.30 p.m.
The sermon preached by Bishop Paul Colton may be found here.
Photographer, Jim Coughlan, was on hand to capture images of the occasion:
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- Susan Colton (wife of Bishop Paul Colton) lights a Candle, during the Service of Peace & Reconciliation to commemorate, The Battle of the Somme.Picture: Jim Coughlan.
- Lt. Col Sean Dunne, 1 Brigade, lights a Candle, during the Service of Peace & Reconciliation to commemorate, The Battle of the Somme.Picture: Jim Coughlan.
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- Lt. Col Sean Dunne, 1 Brigade, lays a wreath, during the Service of Peace & Reconciliation to commemorate, The Battle of the Somme.Picture: Jim Coughlan.
- Archdeacon Adrian Wilkinson reads a lesson. Picture: Jim Coughlan.
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- Pat Culleton, Diocesan Reader, reads a lesson. Picture: Jim Coughlan.
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- Dean Nigel Dunne, Picture: Jim Coughlan.
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- Bishop Paul Colton introduces the Service. Picture: Jim Coughlan.
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- Pictured prior to the Service of Peace & Reconciliation to commemorate, The Battle of the Somme, Gunner Paudie Sheehan, Lt. Col. Sean Dunne and Private Yvonne Kearney, all with 1 Brigade, Collins Barracks.Picture: Jim Coughlan.
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- Pictured prior to the Service of Peace & Reconciliation to commemorate, The Battle of the Somme, Eugene Power, The Irish Great War Society, David Bate, Royal British Legion and Ollie Griffin, President Royal Munster Fusiliers Association.Picture: Jim Coughlan.
- Pictured prior to the Service of Peace & Reconciliation to commemorate, The Battle of the Somme, Jim Herlihy, The Harp Society, Eugene Power, The Irish Great War Society and Ollie Griffin, President Royal Munster Fusiliers Association.Picture: Jim Coughlan.