Portlaoise pauses to honour military dead

Portlaoise pauses to honour military dead

Members of IUNVA Post 27 with public representatives cllr Willie Aird, cathaoirleach of Laois Co Council Padraig Fleming and cllr Paddy Bracken; Thomas Carolan, Laois Heritage officer; Angela McEvoy, LCC director of services and Army chaplin Fr David Murphy Photo: Alf Harvey

Portlaoise remembered the men and women from Laois who died in the Great War and those who gave their lives in past wars and on UN duty at the Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial Park, Portlaoise in last weekend. Cathaoirleach of Laois Co Council Pádraig Fleming placed a wreath on behalf of the people of the town in memory of those who died.

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