Press Releases13 Nov 11

President of Ireland Attends Remembrance Sunday at St Patrick's Cathedral

Remembrance Sunday Evensong, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, 13th November 2011

His Excellency The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, attended the Remembrance Sunday Evensong at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin today, Sunday 13th November.

The President and his wife were welcomed by The Dean, The Very Revd R.B. MacCarthy, and Major General David O'Morchoe. The address at the service was given by Mr Kevin Myers, journalist and military historian, while the lessons were read by Mr John Green, Chairman of Glasnevin Trust and Mr Noel Cullen, Secretary of the Dublin Branch of the Royal British Legion.

The new President, on his first official engagement since his inauguration on Friday 11 November, and the the President of the R.B.L. laid wreaths at the War Memorial in the North Transept of the cathedral.

ENDS

(Photo: Paul Harron)