Category Archives: Memorial Service

Unity in Remembering WWI 100 years on in New Inclusive Memorial in Bantry Church

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Armistice Day 2018 was marked in Bantry with a special ecumenical service at St. Brendan’s Church. The high point of the ceremony was the unveiling of a new First World War memorial plaque following the traditional two minutes of silence … Continue reading →

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The Spanish Flu and the First World War Remembered in West Cork Church of Ireland Parish

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

On Sunday, 7th October, the centenaries of both the second wave of the  ‘Spanish’ Flu and the approach of the end of the First World War were remembered in a remote and fairly neglected graveyard on a hillside, at Maulinward … Continue reading →

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Memorial Service in Cork for Distinguished Nigerian Doctor

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Latest News and Photos from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

A  Memorial Service was held on Saturday 24th September in St Mary’s Church, Carrigaline for the esteemed consultant physician Dr Sir Eliezer Ezeka Okafor (1932 – 2016) who died recently in Nigeria. The Cork connection is that Dr Okafor’s daughter, Dr Chioma … Continue reading →

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